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Where does “fécond” come from?

fécond (Middle French) comes from Latin fecundus, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

Ancestry of “fécond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfecundusfertile or fruitful; productive or prolific;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

Words derived from “fécond”

  • fecund
  • fecundation
  • fecundate
  • fecundability
  • infecund
  • superfecundation
  • fecundly
  • unfecund
  • fecundist
  • autofecundation
  • prefecundation
  • fecundify
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