Where does “infertilis” come from?

infertilis (Latin) comes 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.

infertilis (Latin): infertile, sterile, unfruitful

Definitions

  1. infertile, sterile, unfruitful

Ancestry of “infertilis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfertilisfruitful, fertile; productive
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis
4Proto-Indo-European-elis
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “infertilis

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin fertilis