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Where does “onvruchtbaar” come from?

onvruchtbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch vruchtbaar, from Dutch vrucht, from Middle Dutch vrucht, from Old Dutch fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin frūctus, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, from Proto-Hellenic dṓron — to give.

onvruchtbaar (Dutch): infertile, sterile, barren

Definitions

  1. infertile, sterile, barren

Ancestry of “onvruchtbaar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvruchtbaarfruitful; fertile
2Dutchvruchtfruit; fear
3Middle Dutchvruchtproduce, product, profit; fruit; fetus
4Old Dutchfruht—
5Proto-West Germanic*fruht—
6Latinfrūctus—
7Ancient Greekδῶρονgift; hand's width
8Proto-Hellenicdṓrongift
9Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₃romgift
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

Words derived from “onvruchtbaar”

  • onvruchtbaarheid
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