English
simulant
From simulate + -ant.
A compound of simulate + -ant
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘together, one’
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Proto-Italic *semalis ‘similiar’
Latin similis ‘like’
Latin simulō ‘make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign’
Latin simulātus ‘imitated, feigned, pretended, behaved or…’
English simulate
Today it means
noun Something that simulates something else such as a gemstone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / simulant