WORD to grow.

Germinate:
[jur-muh-neyt]

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

origin:
1600-10; ,Latin germinatus (past participle of germinare to sprout, bud) equivalent to germin-