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Added 9 October 2026

same

/seɪm/ noun

In Latin: īdem, eadem, idem Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about same at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer.
The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.

adjective

Same in identity.
the same man I saw yesterday
Closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree.
curtains the same color as the walls
Equal in amount or value.
like amounts

Origin

From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of some and -some. Cognates Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”).

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