Where does “fertilely” come from?

fertilely (English) comes from English fertile, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

fertilely (English): In a fertile manner

Definitions

  1. In a fertile manner

Ancestry of “fertilely”, step by step

fertilely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fertile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfertilecapable of growing abundant crops; productive;...
2Old Frenchfertile—
3Latinfertilisfruitful, fertile; productive
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin fertilis →