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germe.

germ

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈd͡ʒɛr.me/

  1. germ

    masculine

  2. seed, sprout

    literary · masculine

  3. seed, beginning, origin

    figuratively · masculine

  4. son, offspring

    archaic · figuratively · masculine

  5. lineage, progeny

    archaic · figuratively · masculine · rare
Where this word comes from

From Latin germen (“seed; origin”), from Proto-Italic *genamen, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring, seed”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth, to beget”). Cognate with Irish giniúint (“procreation, birth”).

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