Where does “simulacru” come from?

simulacru (Romanian) comes from French simulacre, from Latin simulacrum, from Latin simulo, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

simulacru (Romanian): simulacrum

Definitions

  1. simulacrum

Ancestry of “simulacru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsimulacreimage, statue, idol, simulacrum; spectre,...
2Latinsimulacruman image, likeness
3LatinsimuloI make like, simulate, imitate, copy, represent;...
4Latinsimilissimilar
5Proto-Italicsemalissimiliar
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Italic semalis →Every word from Latin similis →