simila

simila

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈmila/

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Adjective

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

1. similar

Derived terms

• malsimila
• simileco
• malsimileco

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Ido

Adjective

simila

1. similar

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Italian

Adjective

simila f sg

1. feminine singular of simile

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Latin

Etymology 1

Of Semitic origin.[1] 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), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/samīdu/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/samādu/, “to grind fine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mi.la/, [ˈs̠ɪmɪɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mi.la/, [ˈsiːmilä]

Noun

simila f (genitive similae); first declension

1. (finest) wheat flour

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	simila	similae
Genitive	similae	similārum
Dative	similae	similīs
Accusative	similam	similās
Ablative	similā	similīs
Vocative	simila	similae

Derived terms

• similāgō
  • similāgineus
  • similāginārius
• similāceus

Descendants

• French: semoule
• Italian: semola
  • → English: semola (archaic)
  • ⇒ Italian: semolino
    • → English: semolino (archaic)
      • ⇒ English: semolina
• Portuguese: sêmola
• Spanish: sémola
• → Proto-West Germanic: *similā (see there for further descendants)

See also

• farīna
• pollen
• silīgō

References

• “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), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, 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)‎, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 90
• Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “simila”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 538

1. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Verb

similā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of similō

References