seminal
adjective
[ ˈsɛmɪn(ə)l ]
• strongly influencing later developments.
• "his seminal work on chaos theory"
Similar:
influential,
formative,
groundbreaking,
pioneering,
original,
creative,
innovative,
imaginative,
productive,
major,
important,
• relating to or denoting semen.
• "the spermatozoa are washed to separate them from the seminal plasma"
Origin:
late Middle English (in seminal (sense 2)): from Old French seminal or Latin seminalis, from semen ‘seed’. seminal (sense 1) dates from the mid 17th century.
