same

Definition

Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.

Etymology

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, some. 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”).

Example Sentences

• "I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force."
• "Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens."
• "Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went."