seminaryoudaoicibaDictYouDict[seminar 词源字典]
seminar: see seed
[seminar etymology, seminar origin, 英语词源]
seminar (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1887, "special group-study class for advanced students," from German Seminar "group of students working with a professor," from Latin seminarium "breeding ground, plant nursery" (see seminary). Sense of "meeting for discussion of a subject" first recorded 1944.