seed

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small part of a plant from which a new plant grows

   She planted tomato seeds in the garden.

2. 2
   verb

   to plant seeds in the ground

   We seeded the lawn in early spring.

3. 3
   verb

   to remove the seeds from a fruit or vegetable

   Seed the peppers before you cook them.

4. 4
   noun

   the beginning or origin of something

   That conversation planted the seed of an idea.

] From Middle English seed, sede, side, from Old English sēd, sǣd (“seed, that which is sown”), from Proto-West Germanic *sād, from Proto-Germanic *sēdą, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, throw”). Cognates Cognate with Yola zeade (“seed”), North Frisian sead, seed, siad, Siid, sädj, säid (“seed”), Saterland Frisian Säid (“seed”), West Frisian sied (“seed”), Dutch zaad (“seed”), German Saat (“seed; sowing”), Limburgish zaod (“seed”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk sæd (“seed”), Faroese and Icelandic sáð (“seed”), Swedish säd (“seed”), Gothic *𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*sēþs, “seed”); also…

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