fertilis etymology

Latin word fertilis comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewe-, and later Proto-Italic *ferō (Carry, bear.)

Detailed word origin of fertilis

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*bʰrewe- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*bʰer- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*h₁é-bʰeret Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*ferō Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Carry, bear.
latum Latin (lat)
fertilis Latin (lat) Fruitful, fertile. Productive.

Words with the same origin as fertilis

Descendants of *bʰrewe-
forsitan forte fortis fortuna furor furtum occidere occidi occisus