simila

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈmila/
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Adjective

simila (accusative singular similan, plural similaj, accusative plural similajn)

  1. similar

Derived terms

Ido

Adjective

simila

  1. similar

Italian

Adjective

simila f sg

  1. feminine singular of simile

Latin

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from an Eastern language,[1] likely Semitic.[2] Appears first in the first century AD, at the height of expansion of the Roman Empire. An Ancient Greek σεμίδᾱλις (semídālis) also exists, presumably borrowed directly from Aramaic סְמִידָא / ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā),[1] from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samīdu⁠/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samādu⁠/, “to grind fine”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    simila f (genitive similae); first declension

    1. (finest) wheat flour
    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative simila similae
    genitive similae similārum
    dative similae similīs
    accusative similam similās
    ablative similā similīs
    vocative simila similae
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Italian: semola
      • → English: semola (archaic)
      • → French: semoule
      • → Portuguese: sêmola
      • → Spanish: sémola
    • → Proto-West Germanic: *similā (see there for further descendants)

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “simila, -ae”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 626
    2. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

    Further reading

    • “simila”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "simila", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • simila in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • “smyd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
    • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “simila”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 626
    • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎[1], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 90
    • Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “simila”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 538

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    similā

    1. second-person singular present active imperative of similō
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