词汇 | similar |
词源 | similar [M16th] This was also originally a term in anatomy meaning ‘homogeneous’. It comes from Latin similis ‘like’. The literary device simile for drawing comparisons [LME] is from the same source; as are simulation [ME] (now shortened to sim in computer games [1985]), resemble [ME], and semblance [ME]. |
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