Where does “fertil” come from?

fertil (Romanian) comes from French fertile, 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.

fertil (Romanian): fertile

Definitions

  1. fertile

Ancestry of “fertil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfertilefertile
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 “fertil

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin fertilis