Disseminate
/dɪˈsɛmɪneɪt/noun
To spread or scatter something widely.
Did you know?Disseminate comes from Latin semen, meaning “seed,” so its oldest image is not speech or media but the physical scattering of life itself.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
disseminare
“to scatter seed, sow widely”
Late Latin
Latin
disseminatus
“scattered, spread abroad”
14th Century
English
disseminaten
“to scatter or sow seed”
Modern English
English
disseminate
“to spread or circulate widely”
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