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- Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*séh₁mn̥
- Proto-Italic*sēmn̥
- Latinsēmen
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsēminālis
- Old Frenchsemina
- Middle Englishseminal
- English todayseminal
From Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin sēminālis, ultimately from oblique stem of Latin sēmen, sēminis (“seed”) + -al.
Words from the same roots
Latinsēmen all →
semenseminomasemencineseminismseministseminivorousseminose
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.