Proto-Indo-European
*sem-
‘one, whole’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *sem-.
78 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *sem-, most familiar first.
- some ← som ← sum ← *sum ← *sumaz
- something ← somþyng ← sum ← *sum ← *sumaz
- same ← samr ← *samaz ← *somHós
- single ← sengle ← singulus
- similar ← similaire ← similaris ← similis ← *semalis
- seem ← semen ← sœma ← *sōmijaną
- simple ← symple ← simplus
- simply ← symply ← symple ← simple ← simplus
- soft ← softe ← sōfte ← *samft(ī)
- sam ← sammen ← samnian ← *samnōn ← *samnōną
- simulation ← symulacioun ← simulātiōnem ← simulō ← similis
- sincerely ← sincērus ← *senkairos
More words from *sem-
- singular
- resemble
- assemble
- resemblance
- similarity
- simultaneous
- anomaly
- simulate
- sincerity
- singularity
- semblance
- assimilate
- anomalous
- homeopathic
- synapse
- homology
- insincere
- hyphen
- simile
- simulacrum
- sempre
- synchronise
- homolog
- homologue
- simulacra
- hemicellulose
- sempiternal
- simular
- hamamelis
- simpleness
- homopolar
- synapsis
- semble
- dissimulate
- semblable
- anomal
- apalis
- assimilitude
- beseem
- hamathecium
- hapaxanth
- hamarthritis
- heterophony
- heterotroph
- heteroradical
- henotic
- heterochthonous
- henology
- henid
- hemigynous
- henophobia
- heterochthonic
- homoiousian
- homalographic
- homoiconic
- homeomorph
- homoeomeria
- homoiothermal
- homaloidal
- homoculture
- paromoeon
- resemblant
- samvydav
- semblant
- singulative
- simuland
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sem-