Etymology

seminoma

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Latin sēmen, sēminis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsēmen, sēminis“seed”
  2. English todayseminoma

From oblique stem of Latin sēmen, sēminis (“seed”) + -oma.

Words from the same roots

Latinsēmen all →

semenseminalsemencineseminismseministseminivorousseminose

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