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germe

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(Anglais)

(masculine) germ
(literary, masculine) seed, sprout
(figuratively, masculine) seed, beginning, origin
(archaic, figuratively, masculine) son, offspring
(archaic, figuratively, masculine, rare) lineage, progeny

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gèr‧me

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/ˈd͡ʒɛr.me/

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”).