Etymology

seedborne

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Today it means: Transmitted with seeds. Full definition →

English borne ← Middle English boren /iborne ← Old English (ġe)boren
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  1. Middle Englishseed
  2. Englishseed
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  5. Proto-Germanic*beraną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*beran
  7. Old Englishberan
  8. Old English(ġe)boren
  9. Middle Englishboren /iborne
  10. Englishborne
  11. English todayseedborne

From seed + -borne.

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