Origin: Latin suffix -al
Germinal has 4 different meanings across 3 categories:
Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun
seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds
containing seeds of later development
"seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"
Relating to spring
The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal equinox (March 21 or 22) and ending on April 19 or 20.