Where does “fertile” come from?

fertile (Old French) 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.

Ancestry of “fertile”, 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 “fertile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin fertilis →