semblanceyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[semblance 词源字典]
semblance: see similar
[semblance etymology, semblance origin, 英语词源]
semblance (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
c. 1300, "fact of appearing to view," from Old French semblance, from semblant "likeness, appearance," present participle of sembler "to seem, appear," from Latin simulare "to resemble, imitate," from similis "like" (see similar (adj.)). Meaning "person's appearance or demeanor" is attested from c. 1400; that of "false, assumed or deceiving appearance" is from 1590s. Meaning "person or thing that resembles another" is attested from 1510s.