semilla
/seˈmiʝa/ · B1 · noun · f
seed
🌱 From Latin semen, seed: the same root as seminar and disseminate
Semilla comes from Latin semen (seed), via the diminutive form seminilla. English shares the root: to disseminate is to scatter seeds, and a seminary was once a seedbed. The -illa ending is a diminutive, so it reads as a little seed.