prolific
producing many works, results, or offspring
Roots
- fac / fic / fact: do or make
- prol / proles: offspring, producing, or multiplying
Other words with the fac / fic / fact root
- affectation: an artificial display meant to impress
- artificial: made by humans; not natural
- benefactor: person who gives help, money, or support
- beneficent: doing good or producing benefit
- beneficial: helpful or producing good effects
- certify: to confirm officially as true
- effect: a result or outcome
- efficacious: effective; producing the intended result
Other words with the prol / proles root
- proliferate: to multiply or spread rapidly
- proliferation: rapid increase or multiplication
- prolificacy: abundant production as a trait
Prolific is production with offspring energy: one source keeps generating more.
The prolific writer published three essays before breakfast and still revised them at lunch.
Prolific originally keeps a fertility/offspring image. Modern English broadens it: a prolific person, plant, or system produces a lot.