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simnel

Meaningan ape

Common meaning: rich fruit cake associated with Easter

Journey through time

  1. Latinsimila‘an ape’source
  2. Late Latinmeaning shiftsan ape → bread of fine floursiminellus‘bread of fine flour’source
  3. Old Frenchsimenel‘fine bread’source
  4. Middle Englishsimnel‘fine bread’source
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsfine bread → rich fruit cake associated with Eastersimnel‘rich fruit cake associated with Easter’ · 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

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin simila ‘an ape’.

Roots

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