Germinal
English
/ˈdʒɜːmɪnəl/, /ˈdʒɝmənəl/
proper noun
Definitions
- (historical) The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal equinox (March 21 or 22) and ending on April 19 or 20.
Etymology
Borrowed from French germinal derived from Latin germen (seed, germ, bud, sprout, embryo, origin).
Origin
Latin
germen
Gloss
seed, germ, bud, sprout, embryo, origin
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
芽
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- germen English
- germen Latin
- gignō Latin
- germe Italian
- germile Italian
- germinale Italian
- Germinal French
- germe French
- germinal French
- germen Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵénh₁mn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- xerme Galician
- xermolo Galician
- germen Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- germe Middle French
- *genamen Proto-Italic