English
dissemination
Dissemination comes from Latin dissēmināre, from sēmināre ‘to plant or propagate’, and ultimately from sēmen ‘seed’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēmen1‘seed’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēmināre1‘to plant or propagate’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissēmināre1
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissēminātiō1
- Englishearliest quotation 1834dissemination1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English dissemination
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara. […]: “There was a third class, small indeed when compared…”.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēmenWiktionary, English dissemination‘seed’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēmināreWiktionary, English dissemination‘to plant or propagate’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissēmināreWiktionary, English dissemination
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissēminātiōWiktionary, English dissemination
- Englishearliest quotation 1834disseminationWiktionary, English dissemination. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara. […]: “There was a third class, small indeed when compared…”
A compound of dis- + sēminō ‘to plant, sow’ + dissēminō ‘to broadcast, disseminate’
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- ‘to impress, insert’
Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ ‘seed’
Proto-Italic *sēmn̥ ‘seed’
Latin sēmen ‘seed (of plants)’
Latin sēminō ‘to plant, sow’
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- ‘to impress, insert’
Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ ‘seed’
Proto-Italic *sēmn̥ ‘seed’
Latin sēmen ‘seed (of plants)’
Latin sēminō ‘to plant, sow’
Latin dissēminō ‘to broadcast, disseminate’
Linked words
through Latin sēmen ‘seed’
Today it means
noun The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “dissemination”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Latin sēmen / dissemination