English
fertilizable
From fertilize + -able.
A compound of fertilize + -able
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
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Latin ferō ‘to carry, bear’
Latin fertilis ‘fruitful, fertile’
French fertile
French fertiliser ‘to fertilize’
English fertilize
Today it means
adj Capable of being fertilized.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fertilizable