Where does “semifertility” come from?
semifertility (English) comes from English fertility, from Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitas, 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.
semifertility (English): The condition of being semifertile
Definitions
- The condition of being semifertile
Ancestry of “semifertility”, step by step
semifertility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fertility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fertility | The condition, or the degree, of being fertile;... |
| 2 | Middle French | fertilité | — |
| 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 |