Neuter

germen

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (declension-3, neuter) shoot, sprout, bud
  2. (declension-3, neuter) germ, seed, origin
  3. (declension-3, neuter) embryo, fetus

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
[ˈɡɛr.mɛn]
Etimologie (Engels)

From earlier *genmen via dissimilation, from Proto-Italic *genamen, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring”, “seed”), from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”, “to give birth”). Equivalent to gignō (“I beget”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Compare with genimen.

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