seem

English

/siːm/

verb
Definitions
  • (copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
  • (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English semen (be becoming, seem, befit) derived from Old Norse sœma (beseem, conform to, honour, befit, be content) derived from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (fit, unite) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (one, together, same, whole, summer, together with, from which also comes Ancient Greek m, as one, like).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sem-

Gloss

one, together, same, whole, summer, together with, from which also comes Ancient Greek m, as one, like

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Kanji

好

Emoji
🕐️ 🕜️

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