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-ferous

suffix
/-fəɹəs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -ferous From Latin ferō (“to bear”) + -ous.

  1. derived from -ōsus Old French -usbor
  2. derived from *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der✻

Definitions

  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “bearing an entity or entities as…

    Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “bearing an entity or entities as specified by the noun”.

    • flagellum + -i- + -ferous → flagelliferous (“bearing a flagellum”)
    • flos, floris + -i- + -ferous → floriferous (“bearing flowers”)

  2. Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “producing a material as specified by…

    Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “producing a material as specified by the noun”.

    • nectar + -i- + -ferous → nectariferous (“producing nectar”)

  3. Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “containing a material as specified by…

    Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “containing a material as specified by the noun”.

    • nickel + -i- + -ferous → nickeliferous (“containing nickel”)
    • cadmium + -i- + -ferous → cadmiferous (“containing cadmium”)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -ferous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA