Where does “seed” come from?

Seed comes from Old English sēd, derived from Old English sēon, which traces through Proto-Indo-European sētis-, sekʷ-, and sed-, ultimately related to Old Latin -os.

seed (English): A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an...

Definitions

  1. A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an...

Ancestry of “seed”, step by step

seed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English See

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSee—
2Middle Englishseento see
3Old Englishsēonto be; to filter; to see, look, behold, perceive,...
4Proto-West Germanicsehwanto see
5Proto-Germanicsehwanąto see
6Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via Middle English seed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishseedseed ovule or analogous structure
2Old Englishsǣdseed, that which is sown
3Proto-Germanicsēdizseed
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “seed”

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