germen
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- germen
- microbe, microorganism
- (figurative) seed, origin
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
- germen English
- germen Latin
- gignō Latin
- germe Italian
- germile Italian
- germinale Italian
- Germinal French
- germe French
- germinal French
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵénh₁mn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- xerme Galician
- xermolo Galician
- germen Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- germe Middle French
- *genamen Proto-Italic