Reconstruction:Latin/similiare

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From similis +‎ -iāre. Compare Late Latin similāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪmɪˈlʲare/

Verb

*similiāre (present participle *similiantem) (Proto-Romance)

1. resemble, be similar to

Derived terms

• *assimiliāre
  • Italian: assomigliare
  • Portuguese: assemelhar
  • Spanish: asemejar

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: somigliare, simigliare (literary)
  • Sicilian: simigghiari
• North Italian: (forms with /o/ perhaps infl. by Italian)
  • Friulian: semejâ, someâ
  • Old Ligurian: semegiar
  • Old Lombard: *semeglar ⇒ semeglançça
    • Lombard: someià, somejà, someà
  • Piedmontese: smié, semiglià
  • Romansch: sumegliar, semegliar, sumiglier, sumaglier
  • Venetan: somejar, somegiar, somiar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Occitan: semelhar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: semellar
  • Leonese: semeyar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: semellar
    • Galician: semellar
    • Portuguese: semelhar
  • Spanish: semejar
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: simizare

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*sĭmĭliare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 628