English
fertilin
fertile + -in
Formed from fertile + -in
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 Any of a group of proteins that mediate the binding of sperm to oocytes
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fertilin