出典:Wiktionary
Borrowed from French gemmule, from Latin gemmula (“small bud; small gem”), from gemma (“bud of a plant; gem, jewel; thing made of precious stones”)[1] (further etymology uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth; to produce”), but see further at that entry) + -ula (feminine form of -ulus (diminutive suffix)).
gemmule (複数形 gemmules)
Sense 1.1 (“synonym of gemma”) is archaic; gemma appears to be the preferred modern term. However, gemmule continues to be used for sense 1.1.1 (“small gemma または bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge”).