fertile的词源

英文词源

fertile

fertile: [15] Etymologically, something that is fertile can ‘bear’ offspring. The word comes via French from Latin fertilis. This was a derivative of *fertus, the original past participle of ferre ‘bear’ (a distant relative of English bear).
=> bear

fertile (adj.)

mid-15c., "bearing or producing abundantly," from Middle French fertil (15c.) and directly from Latin fertilis "bearing in abundance, fruitful, productive," from ferre "to bear" (see infer). Fertile Crescent (1914) was coined by U.S. archaeologist James H. Breasted (1865-1935) of University of Chicago in "Outlines of European History," Part I.

中文词源

fertile：肥沃的，能生育的

来自词根fer,带来，携带，词源同bring, infer. 引申词义肥沃的，多产的。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：fertile 词源，fertile 含义。