Where does “fertilizar” come from?

fertilizar (Portuguese) comes 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.

fertilizar (Portuguese): to fertilize

Definitions

  1. to fertilize

Ancestry of “fertilizar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefértilfertile
2Latinfertilisfruitful, fertile; productive
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “fertilizar”

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