英语词汇fertilizer的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

fertilizer. The first recorded mention of the word fertilizer came in 1661 when an English writer noted that “Saint-foime [Saint-foin] or Holy-hay [Onobrychis sativa, a member of the pea family, also called Holy Clover] . . . [is] a great Fertilizer of Barren-ground.” Fertilizers, however, have been known since time immemorial. The word fertile, from which fertilizer de- rives, comes from the Latin ferre, “to bear.” While animal and plant fertilizers date far back in history, chemical fertilizers weren’t developed until the first half of the 19th century.

词汇	fertilizer
词源	fertilizer. The first recorded mention of the word fertilizer came in 1661 when an English writer noted that “Saint-foime [Saint-foin] or Holy-hay [Onobrychis sativa, a member of the pea family, also called Holy Clover] . . . [is] a great Fertilizer of Barren-ground.” Fertilizers, however, have been known since time immemorial. The word fertile, from which fertilizer de- rives, comes from the Latin ferre, “to bear.” While animal and plant fertilizers date far back in history, chemical fertilizers weren’t developed until the first half of the 19th century.
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