Where does “simenti” come from?

simenti (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese semente, from Latin sementem, from Latin sēmen, from Proto-Indo-European séh₁mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

simenti (Guinea-Bissau Creole): seed

Definitions

  1. seed

Ancestry of “simenti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesementeseed; source, origin
2Latinsementemaccusative singular of sēmentis
3Latinsēmenseed (of plants)
4Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₁mn̥seed
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₁mn̥ →Every word from Latin sēmen →