Etymology

semen

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Today it means: A sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells. Full definition →

Middle English semen ← Latin sēmen ← Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*seh₁-“to sow; plant”
  2. Latin · derived fromsēmen“seed”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsemen
  4. English todaysemen

From Middle English semen, from Latin sēmen (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow; plant”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishsemen all →

seem

Latinsēmen all →

seminalseminomasemencineseminismseministseminivorousseminose

Proto-Indo-European*seh₁- all →

sideseasonserotine

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