Etymology

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Today it means: In a seminal way. Full definition →

English seminal ← Middle English seminal ← Old French semina
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  1. Latinsēminālis
  2. Old Frenchsemina
  3. Middle Englishseminal
  4. Englishseminal
  5. English todayseminally

From seminal + -ly.

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