Where does “seedling” come from?
Seedling derives from English seed, from Old English sīde, from Old English sēon meaning "to see," tracing back through Proto-Indo-European sētis-, sekʷ-, and sed-.
seedling (English): A young plant grown from seed; Any young plant,...
Definitions
- A young plant grown from seed; Any young plant,...
Ancestry of “seedling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | seed | A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an... |
| 2 | English | See | — |
| 3 | Middle English | seen | to see |
| 4 | Old English | sēon | to be; to filter; to see, look, behold, perceive,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sehwan | to see |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sehwaną | to see |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |