Etymograph

English

germinatively

From germinative + -ly.

Formed from germinative + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ ‘offspring”, “seed’

Proto-Italic *genamen

Latin germen ‘shoot, sprout, bud’

English germinative

Today it means

adv In terms of, or at the time of, germination.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / germinatively