dissemination
/dɪˌseməˈneɪʃən/dih-seh-muh-NAY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/dɪˌsɛməˈneɪʃən/dih-seh-muh-NAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of disseminating
Common meaning: spreading widely
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- disapart, away; not
- seminseedLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1664 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘apart, away’ + ‘seed’ → dissemination
Journey through time
- Latinsēmen, sēminis‘seed’
- Englishdisseminate‘to spread widely’
- Englishformed in English from disseminatedissemination‘spreading widely’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from disseminate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DISSEMINATE, p.172 · scan
Roots
- sēmen, sēminis Latin “seed”
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