Where does “steril” come from?

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

steril (Romanian): sterile

Definitions

  1. sterile

Ancestry of “steril”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchstérilesterile, barren, unprolific, infertile; sterile,...
2Middle Frenchstérile—
3Latinsterilisbarren, sterile; unprofitable, futile
4Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “steril”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Latin sterilis →Every word from Middle French stérile →