Editing Seminar (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''seminar'' was borrowed from German<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.lexico.com/definition/seminar |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200308201132/https://www.lexico.com/definition/seminar |url-status= dead |archive-date= March 8, 2020 |title=seminar |website=[[Lexico]]}}</ref><ref name="etymonline">{{cite web |url= https://www.etymonline.com/word/seminar#etymonline_v_23190 |title=seminar |website=Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref> (in which it is capitalized as {{lang|de|Seminar}}), and is ultimately derived from the Latin word {{lang|la|seminarium}}, meaning 'seed plot'<ref>{{cite web|url= http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Seminary |title= Seminary definition (dictionary.com)|access-date= 2009-02-17}}</ref> (an old-fashioned term for '[[seedbed]]').<ref>{{Cite web |title=seed plot |work=Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary, Synonyms, and Spanish to English Translator: UK Dictionary |via=[[Lexico]] |url= https://www.lexico.com/definition/seed_plot |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210415020244/https://www.lexico.com/definition/seed_plot |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref> Its [[Root (linguistics)|root word]] is {{lang|la|[[semen]]}} (Latin for 'seed').<ref name="etymonline" />