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2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means identical, or not different from another
1
Stage 1 of 2
sami
Old Norse · medieval
"identical"
identical, the very one referred to
2
Stage 2 of 2
same
English · 1200s
"identical, not different"
settled as the standard English word for identical or unchanged
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