sam.
To assemble.
Meaning & usage
To assemble.
To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).
To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.
To assemble; come together.
To coagulate; curdle (milk).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-West Germanic *samnōn, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Cognate with Dutch zamelen (“to collect”), German sammeln (“to collect, gather”), Swedish samla (“to gather, collect”), Icelandic samna (“to gather, collect”). More at same.
Together
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sām (“together”), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-West Germanic *saman, from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”).
Half or imperfectly done.
Half-heated.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sam- (prefix), from Old English sam-, from Proto-Germanic *sēmi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi- (“half”). Related to semi- (via Latin).
Federal narcotics agent.
Where this word comes from
Possibly from Uncle Sam.
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