English
Samee
Samee comes from Arabic سَمِيع ‘hearer’, from سَمِعَ ‘to hear’, and ultimately from Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-.
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*šamaʕ-‘to hear, to listen’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentسَمِعَsamiʕa‘to hear’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentسَمِيعsamīʕ‘hearer’
- EnglishtodaySamee
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*šamaʕ-‘to hear, to listen’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentسَمِعَsamiʕa‘to hear’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentسَمِيعsamīʕ‘hearer’
- EnglishtodaySamee
Every English word from Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-
Today it means
name A male given name from Arabic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ- / Samee