Etymology Dictionary

SAME,  of the like kind, identical.  (E.)   M.E. same, Chaucer, C. T. 16923.—A.S. same, only as adv., as in swá same swá men, the same as men, just like men; Ælfred, tr. of Beothius, c. xxxiii. § 4 (bk. iii. met. 9).   The adjectival use is Scand.; cf. Icel. samr, Dan. and Swed. samme, the same. + O.H.G. sam, adj., sama, adv. + Goth. sama, the same; cf. samana, together. + Russ. samuii, the same. +  Gk. ὀμός. + Skt. sama, even, the same.   β. The form SAMA is extended from a base SA, meaning together, like, same with; cf. Skt. sa, with, in compound nouns, as in sa-kamala, adj. with lotus flowers; also the same, like, equal, as in sa-dharman, adj. of the same caste; Benfey, p. 981.   γ. From the same base is the prep. SAM, with, appearing in Skt. sam, with (Vedic); also the Lat. simul, together, similis, like (whence E. Simultaneous, Similar); also Gk. ὀμοῖος, like (whence E. Homœopathy).   See Curtius, i. 400.   Der. same-ness; and see semi-, similar, simulate, semblance, as-semble, dis-semble, re-semble.   Also some, -some.