sam

Meanings

Noun

• surface-to-air missile
• Federal narcotics agent.

Verb

• To assemble.
• To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).
• To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.
• To assemble; come together.
• To coagulate; curdle (milk).

Adverb

• Together

Adjective

• Half or imperfectly done.
• Half-heated.

Origin

• Acronym
• From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną ("to gather"), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- ("one"). Cognate with Dutch zamelen ("to collect"), German sammeln ("to collect, gather"), Swedish samla ("to gather, collect"), Icelandic samna ("to gather, collect"). More at same.
• From Middle English sām ("together"), from Old English samen ("together"), from Proto-Germanic *samanai ("together"), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- ("together, one").
• From Middle English sam-, from Old English sām- ("half-; partly; incompletely"), from Proto-Germanic *sēmi- ("half"), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi- ("half"). Related to semi- (via Latin).
• Possibly from Uncle Sam.