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Where does “semejanza” come from?

semejanza (Spanish) comes from Spanish semejar, from Vulgar Latin similiare, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

semejanza (Spanish): likeness, similarity, resemblance, similitude

Definitions

  1. likeness, similarity, resemblance, similitude

Ancestry of “semejanza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsemejarto resemble
2Vulgar Latinsimiliare—
3Latinsimilissimilar
4Proto-Italicsemalis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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