myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of dissimulare

Etymology of the Italian word dissimulare

the Italian word dissimulare

derived from the Latin word dissimulare (conceal, dissemble, disguise)

using the Latin prefix dis-

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 simul

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-