| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | smei- |
| DEFINITION: | To laugh, smile. 1. smirk, from Old English smercian, to smile (with -k- formative), from Germanic reshaped forms *smer-, *smar-. 2. smile, from Middle English smilen, to smile, from a Scandinavian source probably akin to Swedish smila, to smile, from Germanic extended form *sm l-. 3. Suffixed form *smei-ro-. marvel, miracle, mirage, mirror; admire, from Latin mrus, wonderful. 4. Prefixed zero-grade form *ko(m)-smi-, smiling with (*ko-, *kom-, together; see kom). comity, from Latin c mis (< cosmis), courteous. (Pokorny 1. (s)mei- 967.) |
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