Resemble
/rɪˈzɛm.bəl/noun
To look like or be similar to something or someone.
Did you know?Resemble comes from Old French *resembler*, built from *re-* (“again”) + *sembler* (“to seem”), so its core idea is not identity but repeated appearance.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
similis
“like, similar”
Late Latin
Latin
simulare
“to make like, imitate”
Old French
Old French
resembler
“to seem like, be similar to”
Middle English
English
resemblen
“to be like, to have a likeness to”
Modern English
English
resemble
“to be similar to or appear like”