English Explanatory Dictionary

-ferous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “bearing an entity or entities as specified by the noun”.
  2. Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “producing a material as specified by the noun”.
  3. Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “containing a material as specified by the noun”.

Pronunciation

/-fəɹəs/

Word forms

-ferous more -ferous most -ferous -iferous

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.

Related words

ferrous ferri- ferriferous
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