Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as. · To befit; to beseem.
From Middle English semen (“to seem, befit, be becoming”), from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to, beseem, befit”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to unite, fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). Cognate with Scots seme (“to be fitting; beseem”), Danish sømme (“to beseem”), Old Swedish søma, Faroese søma (“to be proper”). Related also to Old Norse sómi (“honour”) ( > archaic Danish somme (“decent comportment”)), Old Norse sœmr (“fitting, seemly”), Old English sēman (“to reconcile, bring an agreement”), Old English sōm (“agreement”).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*sem-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsemenenm · to seem, befit, be becoming
- Derivation mentionsœmanon · to conform to, beseem, befit
- Derivation mention*sōmijanągem-pro · to unite, fit
- Derivation mention*sem-ine-pro · one; whole
- Cognate mentionsemesco · to be fitting; beseem
- Cognate mentionsømmeda · to beseem
- Cognate mentionsømagmq-osw
- Cognate mentionsømafo · to be proper
- Cognate mentionsóminon · honour
- Cognate mentionsommeda · decent comportment
- Cognate mentionsœmrnon · fitting, seemly
- Cognate mentionsēmanang · to reconcile, bring an agreement
- Cognate mentionsōmang
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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