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germination

verb (used without object), ger·mi·nat·ed, ger·mi·nat·ing.

to begin to grow or develop.
Botany.
1. to develop into a plant or individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb.
2. to put forth shoots; sprout; pullulate.
to come into existence; begin.

verb (used with object), ger·mi·nat·ed, ger·mi·nat·ing.

to cause to develop; produce.
to cause to come into existence; create.

verb

to cause (seeds or spores) to sprout or (of seeds or spores) to sprout or form new tissue following increased metabolism
to grow or cause to grow; develop
to come or bring into existence; originatethe idea germinated with me

mid-15c., from Latin germinationem (nominative germinatio) “sprouting forth, budding,” noun of action from past participle stem of germinare “to sprout, put forth shoots,” from germen (genitive germinis) “a sprout or bud” (see germ).

c.1600, probably a back-formation from germination. Earlier germynen (mid-15c.) was from Latin germinare. Figurative use from 1640s. Related: Germinated; germinating.

The beginning of growth, as of a seed, spore, or bud. The germination of most seeds and spores occurs in response to warmth and water.