| 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. |