English Explanatory Dictionary

-phore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Bearer, carrier or conveyor.

Word forms

-phore -phor

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)der. New Latin -phorusbor. English -phore From New Latin -phorus, from Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), a derivative of φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry”). See phoresy.

Related words

anaphora cataphora chaetophore dysphoria electrophoresis endophora euphoria exophora gametophore hemophore heterophoria osmophore phosphor phosphorescence porophore sarissophoroi semaphore trophophore
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