germen
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See also: gérmen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin germen (“germ, seed”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
germen (plural germens)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring”, “seed”), from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”, “to give birth”).[1] Equivalent to gignō (“I beget”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Confer with genimen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
germen n (genitive germinis); third declension
Inflection[edit]
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | germen | germina |
| genitive | germinis | germinum |
| dative | germinī | germinibus |
| accusative | germen | germina |
| ablative | germine | germinibus |
| vocative | germen | germina |
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References[edit]
- germen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- germen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “germen” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
- ^ “gens”; in: Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, ISBN 978-2-84902-424-9
Romanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
germen m (plural germeni)
- embryo
- (biology) seed, germ (small mass of cells from which an organism grows)
- germ
- principle, element, component
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin germen (“germ, seed”).
Noun[edit]
germen m (plural gérmenes)
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- English terms derived from the PIE root *ǵenh₁-
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- Latin terms derived from the PIE root *ǵenh₁-
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