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seed

/ˈsid/SEED
/ˈsid/SEED

Meaningwhat is sown

Common meaning: a grain from which a plant springs

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SA‘sow, strew, scatter’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 375, p. 743 · scan
  2. Old EnglishsædsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishseedsource
  4. Englishseed‘a grain from which a plant springs’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English sæd ‘what is sown’.

Roots

  • sæd Old English “what is sown”

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