Etymology of the English word germfree
the English word
germfreederived from the English word
germderived from the Old French word
germederived 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
*genÉ™-derived from the English word
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Word found in Modern English