Etymology

simulate

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Latin simulātus
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simulate · verb1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromsimulātus
  2. English todaysimulate

First attested in 1652; Borrowed from Latin simulātus, perfect passive participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from similis (“like”). See similar.

simulate · adjective2

  1. Latin · derived fromsimulātus
  2. Middle English · inherited fromsymulat(e), simulat(e), similat(e)“feigned; similar”
  3. English todaysimulate

First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English symulat(e), simulat(e), similat(e) (“feigned; similar”), borrowed from Latin simulātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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