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seamEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *syewH-der. Proto-Germanic *saumaz Proto-West Germanic *saum Old English sēam Old Norse saumrsl. Middle English sem English seam From Middle English sem, seem, seme, from Old English sēam (“seam”), from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (“that which is sewn”). Cognate with Dutch zoom (“hem, edge”), German Saum (“hem, edge”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål søm (“seam”), Norwegian Nynorsk saum (“seam”), Swedish söm (“seam”).
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek σάττω (sáttō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma)bor. Latin sagma Late Latin saumabor. Proto-West Germanic *saum Old English sēam Middle English sem English seam Inherited from Middle English sem, from Old English sēam (“a burden”), from Latin sagma (“saddle”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗seamEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Etymology tree Late Latin *sagīmen Old French saimbor. Middle English seym English seam From Middle English seym (“grease”), from Old French saim (“fat”). Compare French saindoux (“lard”).
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1908- SeamEnglish · e-38700-1013
Seam, sēm, n. (Shak.) grease, hog's lard.—v.t. to grease. [O. Fr. sain—L. sagina, grease.]
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Seam, sēm, n. that which is sewed: a piece of plain sewing: the line formed by the sewing together of two pieces: a line of union: a vein or stratum of metal, ore, coal, &c.: a suture: (geol.) a thin layer between thicke
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Seam, sēm, n. a load for a pack-horse, eight bushels of grain. [A.S. séam, a burden—L. sagma—Gr. sagma, a pack-saddle.]
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