Etymology

salutiferous

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Today it means: Conducive to good health; healthy. Full definition →

Latin salūtifer
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  1. Latin · derived fromsalūtifer“healthy, health-giving”
  2. English todaysalutiferous

From Latin salūtifer (“healthy, health-giving”) + -ous.

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