Where does “infecundity” come from?
infecundity (English) comes from English fecundity, from Latin fēcunditās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
infecundity (English): Lack of fecundity or fruitfulness
Definitions
- Lack of fecundity or fruitfulness
Ancestry of “infecundity”, step by step
infecundity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fecundity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fecundity | Ability to produce offspring; Ability to cause... |
| 2 | Latin | fēcunditās | fruitfulness, fertility |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Latin infecunditas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | infecunditas | unfruitfulness, unproductiveness |
| 2 | Latin | infecundus | unfruitful, infertile |