Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

prolific

 

1. producing new individuals abundantly; 2. highly productive

 

Fish reproduce prolifically, and when natural predation is minimized, many of the young survive to adulthood.

 

Related English words: proliferate (to grow by multiplication of parts; to spread rapidly), proliferation, prolificacy

 

Latin root words: proles, prolis, f. - offspring; facio, facere, feci, factus - to do, make 

 

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