Where does “fertilitetsrate” come from?
fertilitetsrate (Danish) comes from Danish rate, from English rate, from French rate, from French rat, from Middle French rat, from Old French rat, from Old High German rato, from Proto-Germanic ratō — to scrape.
fertilitetsrate (Danish): fertility rate
Definitions
- fertility rate
Ancestry of “fertilitetsrate”, step by step
fertilitetsrate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish rate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | rate | rate |
| 2 | English | rate | The worth of something; value; The proportional... |
| 3 | French | rate | spleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;... |
| 4 | French | rat | rat; sweetheart; scrooch |
| 5 | Middle French | rat | rat |
| 6 | Old French | rat | rat rodent |
| 7 | Old High German | rato | rat |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ratō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
via Danish fertilitet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | fertilitet | fertility |
| 2 | French | fertilité | fertility |
| 3 | Latin | fertilitas | fruitfulness, fertility, abundance |
| 4 | Latin | fertilis | fruitful, fertile; productive |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |