- germinate
[germinate 词源字典]
- germinate: see germ
[germinate etymology, germinate origin, 英语词源] - germinate (v.)
- c. 1600, probably a back-formation from germination. Figurative use from 1640s. Related: Germinated; germinating. Earlier germynen (mid-15c.) was from Old French germiner or directly from Latin germinare.