asimismo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish así

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *-meti?

Latin -met

Proto-Italic *e(s)peso

Latin ipse

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥mos

Proto-Indo-European *-is(t)m̥mós

Proto-Italic *-isəmos

Latin -issimus

Latin ipsissimus

Latin ipsimus

Vulgar Latin *metipsimus

Old Spanish mesmo

Spanish mismo

univ.

Spanish asimismo

Univerbation of así (“thus”) + mismo (“same”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asiˈmismo/ [a.siˈmiz.mo]

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: a‧si‧mis‧mo

Adverb

asimismo

1. likewise, also, as well (expressing continuity or similarity)

   Alternative forms: (proscribed) asímismo; (obsolete) ansimismo, asimesmo, ansimesmo

   Synonyms: igualmente, también, eso mismo

Related terms

• a sí mismo
• así mismo

Further reading

• “asimismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “asimismo”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española]; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2023, →ISBN
• “asimismo”, in Diccionario del estudiante [Student Dictionary] (in Spanish), third edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2016
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “asimismo”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA