Where does “fertilización” come from?
fertilización (Spanish) comes from Spanish fertilizar, from Spanish 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.
fertilización (Spanish): fertilization
Definitions
- fertilization
Ancestry of “fertilización”, step by step
fertilización traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish fertilizar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | fertilizar | to fertilize |
| 2 | Spanish | fértil | fertile |
| 3 | Latin | fertilis | fruitful, fertile; productive |
| 4 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Galician fertilizar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | fertilizar | to fertilize |
| 2 | Galician | -izar | -ise/-ize |
| 3 | Late Latin | -izō | — |