seem

Sakiniai
Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

  1. (copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
  2. (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.

Dažnis

A2
Tariamas kaip (IPA)
/siːm/
Etimologija (Anglų k.)

In summary

From Middle English semen (“to seem, befit, be becoming”), from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to, beseem, befit”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to unite, fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). Cognate with Scots seme (“to be fitting; beseem”), Danish sømme (“to beseem”), Old Swedish søma, Faroese søma (“to be proper”). Related also to Old Norse sómi (“honour”) ( > archaic Danish somme (“decent comportment”)), Old Norse sœmr (“fitting, seemly”), Old English sēman (“to reconcile, bring an agreement”), Old English sōm (“agreement”).

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