disseminate (v.)

c. 1600, from Latin disseminatus, past participle of disseminare "to spread abroad, disseminate," from dis- "in every direction" (see dis-) + seminare "to plant, propagate," from semen (genitive seminis) "seed" (from PIE root *sē- "to sow"). Related: Disseminated; disseminates; disseminating. Middle English had dissemen "to scatter" (early 15c.).