Etymology of the English word resemble
the English word
resemblederived from the Old French word
resemblerusing the Old French prefix
re-derived from the Old French word
semblerderived from the Latin word
similare (imitate, copy; pretend)
derived from the Late Latin word
similis (like, similar, resembling)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sem-derived from the Classical Latin word
simulare (imitate, copy; pretend)
derived from the Late Latin word
similis (like, similar, resembling)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sem-derived from the Latin word
simulderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sem-Date
The earliest known usage of resemble in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
resembled,
resemblingUsage
Word found in Modern English
