Etymology

proliferous

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Today it means: Producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative. Full definition →

Latin prōlifer
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  1. Latin · derived fromprōlifer
  2. English todayproliferous

From Latin prōlifer, from prōlēs (“offspring”) + -fer (“bearing”), + -ous.

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