Where does “seminar” come from?
seminar (Dutch) comes from English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
seminar (Dutch): seminar class or conference for advanced studies
Definitions
- seminar class or conference for advanced studies
Ancestry of “seminar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seminar | A class held for advanced studies in which... |
| 2 | German | Seminar | seminar; department; seminary |
| 3 | Latin | sēminārium | seminary |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |