Where does “seminate” come from?

seminate (English) comes from Latin seminatus, from Latin seminare, from Latin semino, from Latin semen, from Proto-Indo-European séh₁mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

seminate (English): To sow; to spread; to propagate

Definitions

  1. To sow; to spread; to propagate

Ancestry of “seminate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinseminatusplanted, sown
2Latinseminarepresent active infinitive of sēminō;...
3LatinseminoI plant, sow
4Latinsemenseed; semen; graft
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₁mn̥seed
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “seminate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₁mn̥ →Every word from Latin semen →
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