germe

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine) germ
2. (literary, masculine) seed, sprout
3. (figuratively, masculine) seed, beginning, origin
4. (archaic, figuratively, masculine) son, offspring
5. (archaic, figuratively, masculine, rare) lineage, progeny

Concepten

kiem

embryo

microbe

🦠

ziektekiem

Synoniemen

embrione

feto

fonte

microbo

🦠

seme

nocciolo

🪨

agente patogeno

spora

grano

Vertalingen

germ

Keim

germe

germen

germe

seed

μικρόβιο

germen

microbe

🦠

Krankheitserreger

semence

germes

graine

Met koppelteken als

gèr‧me

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɛr.me/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).