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.
例文
1. They used force to banish the natives from the more fertile land.
彼らは武力を使って先住民を比較的肥沃な土地から追放した。
2.Aeons ago,there were deserts where there is now fertile land.
今は肥沃な土地である場所は、昔は砂漠だった。
3.This leaves fertile soil unprotected and prone to erosion.
これにより肥沃な土壌が露出し、浸食されやすくなります。
4.Most roses like a sunny position in a fairly fertile soil.