germinative

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to germination
  2. Having the ability to germinate

词形变化

more germinative comparative most germinative superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
germinatively postgerminative pregerminative

词源

Etymology tree
English germinate
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English germinative
From germinate + -ive. From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ate, from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”).
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