-parous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. parous; relating to parity (the number of times a woman has given birth).
  2. Causing or producing (the thing indicated by the stem to which the suffix is attached).

Word forms

-parous

Etymology

From Latin pariō (“produce, bring forth, give birth”).

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