Where does “seed” come from?

seed (Middle English) comes from Old English sǣd, from Proto-Germanic sēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

seed (Middle English): seed ovule or analogous structure

Definitions

  1. seed ovule or analogous structure

Ancestry of “seed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsǣdseed, that which is sown
2Proto-Germanicsēdizseed
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “seed”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →