prolific
proh-LIF-ik · adjective
Origin
Prolific entered English around 1635 from French prolifique, which traces to Latin prōlificus, itself formed from prōlēs ("offspring") + -ficus ("making").
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Journey
It arrived in English in the 1630s already carrying its Latin sense of "making offspring."
Related words
It shares its root prōlēs ("offspring") with words built on that same Latin stem.