Where does “seminar” come from?

seminar (Romanian) comes from French séminaire, from Latin sēmen, from Proto-Indo-European séh₁mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

seminar (Romanian): seminar

Definitions

  1. seminar

Ancestry of “seminar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchséminaireseminary; seminar; sermon
2Latinsēmenseed (of plants)
3Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₁mn̥seed
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “seminar”

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