germinative

The story

1. Latin · derived fromgermen, germinis“shoot, sprout, bud”
2. English todaygerminative

From germinate + -ive. From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ate, from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”).

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