progenitiveness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or quality of being progenitive (able to produce offspring). uncountable
    — The Crèche is the place where the poor mothers leave their children in the morning, in the care of some kind women who have a large philo-progenitiveness and no other means of gratifying it than by pet cats or dogs, or other people's children, and go off to their work until night.

词源

Etymology tree
English progenitive
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English progenitiveness
From progenitive + -ness.
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