Etymology

disseminate

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Today it means: To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds. Full definition →

Latin dissēminātus ← Proto-Italic *sēmn̥ ← Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*séh₁mn̥
  8. Proto-Italic*sēmn̥
  9. Latinsēmen
  10. Latinsēminō
  11. Latindissēminō
  12. Latindissēminātus
  13. English todaydisseminate

Borrowed from Latin dissēminātus, the perfect passive participle of dissēminō (“to broadcast, disseminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from dis- (“asunder, in all directions”) + sēminō (“to plant, sow”), from sēmen (“seed”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English disseminat(e) (“disseminated”).

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