Seminal (adj)
sem-in-ul
Strongly influencing later developments.
Late Middle English (in seminal (sense 2)): from Old French seminal or Latin seminalis, from semen ‘seed’. seminal (sense 1) dates from the mid 17th century.
Example sentences
“All scientists look first to the seminal works.”
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