simulacrum

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sem-“one; together”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-tlom
3. Latin · learned borrowing fromsimulācrum“image, likeness”
4. English todaysimulacrum

Learned borrowing from Latin simulācrum (“image, likeness”), from simul(ā) + -crum (a variant of -culum, from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, a suffix forming instrument nouns), from similis (“similar (to)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; together”).

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