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germination

ger·mi·na·tion

UK/ˌdʒɜːɹ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ US/ˌdʒɜrmʌˈneɪʃʌn/ uncommon

noun

1.

the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow

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2.

the origin of some development

  • “the germination of their discontent”

Origin

From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ation, from Latin germinātiō, germinātiōnem (“sprouting, budding, growing”), from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”). By surface analysis, germinate + -ion.

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