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)

resemble, be similar to

Derived terms

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

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: somigliare, simigliare
- 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
- Venetian: 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 (in German), volumes 11: S–Si, page 628

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