English
fertileness
From fertile + -ness.
Formed from fertile + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
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Latin ferō ‘to bear, carry’
Latin fertilis ‘fruitful, fertile’
Old French fertile
Middle French fertile
English fertile
Today it means
noun The state or characteristic of being fertile.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fertileness