late 14c., "of seed or semen," from Old French seminal (14c.) and directly from Latin seminalis, from semen (genitive seminis) "seed" (from PIE root *sē- "to sow"). Figurative sense of "full of possibilities" is attested from 1630s. Related: Seminally; seminality.
seminal fluid
seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another
semiconscious
semi-demi-
semi-detached
semifinal
semi-monthly
seminal
seminar
seminarian
seminary
semination
Seminole
