seminar
n.
1887, "special group-study class for advanced students," from German Seminar "group of students working with a professor," from Latin seminarium "breeding ground, plant nursery" (see seminary). Sense of "meeting for discussion of a subject" first recorded 1944.
〔李〕[semin;-arn.] n.（大学）研究班；（专家）研讨会 ←semin (L semin,semen)=seed 种子