Where does “fertilizante” come from?

fertilizante (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese fertilizar, from Portuguese fértil, 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.

fertilizante (Portuguese): fertiliser substance used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants

Definitions

  1. fertiliser substance used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants

Ancestry of “fertilizante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefertilizarto fertilize
2Portuguesefértilfertile
3Latinfertilisfruitful, fertile; productive
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin fertilis →