sam

sam · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sem-“one”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*samnōną“to gather”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*samnōn
4. Old English · inherited fromsamnian
5. Middle English · inherited fromsammen
6. English todaysam

From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-West Germanic *samnōn, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Cognate with Dutch zamelen (“to collect”), German sammeln (“to collect, gather”), Swedish samla (“to gather, collect”), Icelandic samna (“to gather, collect”). More at same.

sam · adverb²

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*sem-“together, one”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*samanai“together”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*saman
4. Old English · derived fromsamen“together”
5. Middle English · derived fromsām“together”
6. English todaysam

From Middle English sām (“together”), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-West Germanic *saman, from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”).

sam · adjective³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sēmi-“half”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*sēmi-“half”
3. Old English · inherited fromsam-
4. Middle English · inherited fromsam-
5. English todaysam

From Middle English sam- (prefix), from Old English sam-, from Proto-Germanic *sēmi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi- (“half”). Related to semi- (via Latin).

sam · noun⁴

Possibly from Uncle Sam.

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