Where does “autosteril” come from?

autosteril (Romanian) comes from Romanian steril, from French stérile, from Middle French stérile, from Latin sterilis, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

autosteril (Romanian): self-sterile

Definitions

  1. self-sterile

Ancestry of “autosteril”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansterilsterile
2Frenchstérilesterile, barren, unprolific, infertile; sterile,...
3Middle Frenchstérile—
4Latinsterilisbarren, sterile; unprofitable, futile
5Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Latin sterilis →Every word from Middle French stérile →