Where does “fecundity” come from?

Fecundity derives from Latin fecunditas, from Latin fecundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)-, a root meaning to suckle or nurse.

fecundity (English): Ability to produce offspring; Ability to cause...

Definitions

  1. Ability to produce offspring; Ability to cause...

Ancestry of “fecundity”, step by step

fecundity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fēcunditās

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfēcunditāsfruitfulness, fertility
2Latin-tāsty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via English fecund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfecundHighly fertile; able to produce offspring;...
2Middle Frenchfécond—
3Latinfecundusfertile or fruitful; productive or prolific;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

Words derived from “fecundity”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Latin -tās →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ →