"sam-" meaning in Old English

See sam- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /sɑːm/ Forms: sām- [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *sām-, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *sāmi-, from Proto-Germanic *sēmi-, from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi-. Cognate with Old Saxon sām-, Old High German sāmi-. Compare English semi-. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*sāmi-|*sām-}} Proto-West Germanic *sām-, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*sāmi-}} Proto-West Germanic *sāmi-, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*sēmi-}} Proto-Germanic *sēmi-, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*sēmi-}} Proto-Indo-European *sēmi-, {{cog|osx|sām-}} Old Saxon sām-, {{cog|goh|sāmi-}} Old High German sāmi-, {{cog|en|semi-}} English semi- Head templates: {{head|ang|prefix|head=sām-|sort=}} sām-, {{ang-prefix|head=sām-}} sām-
  1. (literally) half- Tags: literally, morpheme
    Sense id: en-sam--ang-prefix-ang:half
  2. (figuratively) partially; incompletely, imperfectly Tags: figuratively, morpheme Synonyms: sōm- Related terms: sām (english: half, imperfect)
    Sense id: en-sam--ang-prefix-znDnScaw Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 23 4 13 4 0 53 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 3 8 3 0 68 2 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 0 80 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

IPA: /sɑm/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *sam, from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”), Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”). Compare Old English samen (“together”), Old English same (“manner, similitude”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*sam}} Proto-West Germanic *sam, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*samaz|t=together}} Proto-Germanic *samaz (“together”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*somHós|t=same}} Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*sem-|t=one, together}} Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”), {{cog|ang|samen|t=together}} Old English samen (“together”), {{cog|ang|same|t=manner, similitude}} Old English same (“manner, similitude”) Head templates: {{head|ang|prefix|head=|sort=}} sam-, {{ang-prefix}} sam-
  1. union, combination, agreement; together, con- Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sam--ang-prefix-ang:together
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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