Where does “fértil” come from?

fértil (Spanish) comes 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.

fértil (Spanish): fertile

Definitions

  1. fertile

Ancestry of “fértil”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fértil

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