Etymology

argilliferous

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Today it means: Producing clay; rich in argil. Full definition →

Latin argilla
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromargilla“white clay”
  2. English todayargilliferous

From Latin argilla (“white clay”) + -ferous.

Words from the same roots

Latinargilla all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.