prolific
English
/ˌpɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/
adj
Definitions
- Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
- Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance
- (botany) Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.
Etymology
Derived from French prolifique derived from Latin proles (offspring).
Origin
Latin
proles
Gloss
offspring
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiprolific English
- hyperprolific English
- improlific English
- nonprolific English
- proliferate English
- prolifically English
- prolification English
- prolificity English
- prolificness English
- unprolific English
- *olēs Latin
- proles Latin
- prolifique French
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European