semilla

== Spanish == === Etymology === Probably from a derivative of Latin semen (“seeds”). Corominas proposes Vulgar Latin *sēminia, plural of *sēminium, through a Mozarabic xeminio. === Pronunciation === Syllabification: se‧mi‧lla === Noun === semilla f (plural semillas) seed (of a plant) ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: semilya → Portuguese: (dialectal) semilha (“potato”) → Tagalog: semilya (“sperm, semen”) === Further reading === “semilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025