Etymology

-ferous

Today it means: Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “bearing an entity or entities as specified by the noun”. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Latin ferō ← Proto-Italic *ferō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  3. Proto-Italic*ferō
  4. Latinferō
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  7. English today-ferous

From Latin ferō (“to bear”) + English -ous.

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