English
samplesetsampleset
From sample + set.
A compound of sample + set
Latin eximō ‘to take out’
Latin exemplum ‘a sample’
Old French essample ‘example’
Middle English saumple ‘exemplar’
English sample
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
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Proto-Germanic *satjaną ‘to set’
Proto-West Germanic *sattjan ‘to set’
Old English settan ‘to set’
Middle English setten ‘to seat’
English set
Today it means
noun A collection of audio samples.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sampleset”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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