Etymograph

English

samething

From same + thing.

A compound of same + thing

Middle English same

English same

Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm

Proto-Germanic *þingą ‘appointed time’

Proto-West Germanic *þing ‘court session’

Old English þing

Middle English thing

English thing

The story

Possibly influenced by something.

Today it means

noun —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / samething