English
fertilization
Fertilization comes from French fertiliser ‘to fertilize’, from Latin ferō ‘to carry, bear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfertilis‘fruitful, fertile’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfertile
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfertiliser‘to fertilize’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfertilisation
- Englishearliest quotation 2013fertilization
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfertilis‘fruitful, fertile’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfertile
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfertiliser‘to fertilize’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfertilisation
- Englishearliest quotation 2013fertilization
Earliest quotation: 2013, -June, Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm: “In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself…”
Formed from fertilize + -ation
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
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, broad, bread, prefer, burden, bearing, barrel, fortune, barn, bore, fury, breeze, bark, baron, broom, barrow, embargo, fret, berth, ferret, insufferable, bahar, bier, furtive, birr, barrette, bairn, burnish, proffer, 116 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to bear, carry’
bear, borne, phosphate, phosphorus, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, phosphine, indifferently, 94 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, indifferent, differentiation, deference, differentially, differentiable, deferential, differentiator, 71 more
through Latin ferō ‘to carry, bear’
different, difference, offer, reference, transfer, extraordinary, relative, suffer, relate, translation, translate, relation, differ, referendum, strangely, referee, frustration, extravagant, infra, defer, frustrate, infer, elated, extraneous, confer, strangeness, collate, ablation, estrange, dilate, elation, collation, oblate, ablative, efferent, 80 more
through Latin fertilis ‘fruitful, fertile’
Today it means
noun The act or process of rendering fertile.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / fertilization