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Where does “sterilis” come from?

sterilis (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

sterilis (Latin): barren, sterile; unprofitable, futile

Definitions

  1. barren, sterile; unprofitable, futile

Ancestry of “sterilis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “sterilis”

  • sterile
  • sterilization
  • sterility
  • sterilize
  • sterilizing
  • sterilizer
  • nonsterile
  • unsterile
  • sterilely
  • sterilizable
  • semisterile
  • resterilize
  • resterilization
  • intersterile
  • intersterility
  • radiosterilization
  • nonsterilizing
  • desterilize
  • unsterilizable
  • sterileness
  • self-sterile
  • sterile neutrino
  • chemosterilizer
  • radiosterilize
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