sem-2. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	sem-²
DEFINITION:	Summer. Also sem- (oldest form sem₂-). Suffixed zero-grade form s-aro-. summer¹, from Old English sumor, summer, from Germanic sumaraz. (Pokorny 3. sem-* 905.)


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