germe
Middle French
noun
Definitions
- seed (fertilized grain)
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- antigerm English
- degerm English
- dysgerminoma English
- germ English
- germ plasm English
- germ-fear English
- germ-free English
- germband English
- germen English
- germicide English
- germinoma English
- germless English
- germlike English
- germline English
- germling English
- germogen English
- germophobe English
- germophobic English
- germproof English
- germule English
- germy English
- multigerm English
- pangermist 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
- *genamen Proto-Italic