Where does “ĝermi” come from?
ĝermi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĝermo, from Italian germe, from Latin germen, from Proto-Italic genamen, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
ĝermi (Esperanto): to germinate; to sprout, bud
Definitions
- to germinate; to sprout, bud
Ancestry of “ĝermi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | ĝermo | germ; Wikipedia stub |
| 2 | Italian | germe | germ; seed, sprout; seed, beginning, origin |
| 3 | Latin | germen | shoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | genamen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁mn̥ | offspring, seed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |