About: The root word “Simil/Semble” is taken from the Latin word “Similis” which means “like/Imitate”. The derived words clearly exhibits the root sense, various prefixes are used to slightly alter the meanings of derived words.
Words:
Assimilate (verb): Take in and understand fully (information or ideas).
Dissimilate (verb): Change (a sound or sounds in a word) to another when the word originally had identical sounds near each other (e.g. in taper, which derives from papyrus, the p is dissimilated to t).
Resemble (verb): Have a similar appearance to or qualities in common with (someone or something); look or seem like.
Similar (adjective): Having a resemblance in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical.
Similarity (noun): The state or fact of being similar.
Simile (noun): A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion).
Similitude (noun): The quality or state of being similar to something.
Simulacrum (noun): An image or representation of someone or something.
Simulate (verb): Imitate the appearance or character of.
