Etymology

acidiferous

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Today it means: Containing or yielding an acid. Full definition →

Latin acidus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromacidus“sour, acid”
  2. English todayacidiferous

From Latin acidus (“sour, acid”) + -ferous.

Words from the same roots

Latinacidus all →

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