Etymology

arboriferous

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Today it means: Producing or having many trees. Full definition →

New Latin arborifer
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The story

  1. New Latin · borrowed fromarborifer“tree-bearing”
  2. English todayarboriferous

From Latin arbor (“tree”) + -iferous, or directly from New Latin arborifer (“tree-bearing”).

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