Etymograph

English

seminative

From semi- + native.

Formed from semi- + native

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’

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Latin nātus ‘born’

Latin nātīvus ‘innate, inborn’

Old French natif

Middle English natif

English native

Today it means

adj Somewhat or partly native.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “seminative”. 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.

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