myEtymology.com: English etymology of germ-free

Etymology of the English word germ-free

the English word germ-free

derived from the English word germ

derived from the Old French word germe

derived from the Latin word germen (bud, germ; sprout, bud; shoot)

derived from the Latin word gignere (give birth to, bring forth, bear)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *genə-

derived from the English word free

Italian germ-free