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Latin Similar Similary French Medieval Similis English Resemble

正面 721.similar
英 ['sɪmɪlə]美 ['sɪməlɚ]

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释义:
adj. 相似的n. 类似物
例句:
1. The Ukrainians speak a Slavonic language similar to Russian.乌克兰人所说的那种斯拉夫语系的语言类似于俄语。

1、simil- + -ar.2、earlier similary, 也就是说是由similary缩略而来。
similar 相似的来自拉丁语 similis,相似的,类似的,来自 PIE*sem,一,一样,词源同 same,simple.
similarsimilar: [17] Similar comes via French similaire from medieval Latin *similāris, a derivative of Latin similis ‘like, similar’. This or the closely related simul ‘at the same time’ have also given English assemble [13], dissemble [15], ensemble [15], resemble, semblance [13], similitude [14], simulate [17], and simultaneous [17]. Its ultimate source was the Indo-European base *sem-, *som-, which also lies behind English same, simple, single, and the homo- of homosexual.=> assemble, dissemble, ensemble, resemble, same, semblance, simple, simulate, simultaneous, singlesimilar (adj.)"having characteristics in common," 1610s (earlier similary, 1560s), from French similaire, from a Medieval Latin extended form of Latin similis "like, resembling," from Old Latin semol "together," from PIE root *sem- (1) "one, as one, together with" (see same). The noun meaning "that which is similar" is from 1650s. Related: Similarly."

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