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prolific
1650, from Fr.
prolifique,
from M.L.
prolificus,
from L.
proles
"offspring" + root of
facere
"to make" (see
factitious
). L.
proles
is from PIE
*pro-al-,
from
*pro-
"forth" +
*al-
"to grow, nourish."
