disseminate
/dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/ · verb
Meaning
- To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
- To become widespread.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Latin dissēminātus, the perfect passive participle of dissēminō (“to broadcast, disseminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from dis- (“asunder, in all directions”) + sēminō (“to plant, sow”), from sēmen (“seed”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English disseminat(e) (“disseminated”).
- disseminat(enm)→
- dissēminātus(la)→
- disseminate (English)
- Relations: bor, cog
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