English
dissemination
Dissemination comes from Latin dissēmināre, from sēmināre ‘to plant or propagate’, and ultimately from sēmen ‘seed’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēmen‘seed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēmināre‘to plant or propagate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissēmināre
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissēminātiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1834dissemination
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēmen‘seed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēmināre‘to plant or propagate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissēmināre
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissēminātiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1834dissemination
Earliest quotation: 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara. […]: “There was a third class, small indeed when compared…”
A compound of dis- + sēminō ‘to plant, sow’ + dissēminō ‘to broadcast, disseminate’
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- ‘to impress, insert’
Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ ‘seed’
Proto-Italic *sēmn̥ ‘seed’
Latin sēmen ‘seed (of plants)’
Latin sēminō ‘to plant, sow’
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- ‘to impress, insert’
Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ ‘seed’
Proto-Italic *sēmn̥ ‘seed’
Latin sēmen ‘seed (of plants)’
Latin sēminō ‘to plant, sow’
Latin dissēminō ‘to broadcast, disseminate’
Linked words
through Latin sēmen ‘seed’
Today it means
noun The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sēmen / dissemination