English
fetiferous
Fetiferous comes from Latin fētifer ‘causing fruitfulness’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suckle, nurse’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁(y)-‘to suckle, nurse’root as named
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-to-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fētosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfētus‘pregnant, fruitful’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfētifer‘causing fruitfulness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1654fetiferous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁(y)-‘to suckle, nurse’root as named
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-to-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fētosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfētus‘pregnant, fruitful’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfētifer‘causing fruitfulness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1654fetiferous
Earliest quotation: 1654, John Webster, Academiarum examen: “[…]all the treasury of those ideal signatures, which […]…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suckle, nurse’
female, feminist, doe, feminism, tyre, dai, felicity, femme, femininity, filial, effeminate, fellatio, fecundity, dahi, 29 more
through Latin fētus ‘pregnant, fruitful’
Today it means
adj Producing young; fruitful, productive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- / fetiferous