Where does “faksimile” come from?

faksimile (Turkish) comes from English facsimile, from Latin fac simile, from Latin simile, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

faksimile (Turkish): facsimile

Definitions

  1. facsimile

Ancestry of “faksimile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfacsimileA copy or reproduction; A fax, a machine for...
2Latinfac similemake similar; make like
3Latinsimilenominative neuter singular of similis; accusative...
4Latinsimilissimilar
5Proto-Italicsemalissimiliar
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-
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