similarity
/ˌsɪməˈleɹəti/sih-muh-LEH-ruh-tee
/ˌsɪməˈlɛɹəti/sih-muh-LEH-ruh-tee
Meaningthe quality of being similar
Common meaning: likeness
- simillike, resemblingLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1700 · scan
- aradjective or noun ending: of, belonging to
- itynoun ending: being so, the quality of
Journey through time
- Latinsimilis‘like, resembling’
- Frenchsimilaire
- Englishsimilar‘alike’
- Englishformed in English from similarsimilarity‘likeness’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from similar + -ity.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SIMILAR, p.554 · scan
Roots
- similis Latin “like, resembling”
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