Etymology

sanguiferous

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Today it means: Conveying blood. Full definition →

Latin sanguis
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  1. Latin · derived fromsanguis“blood”
  2. English todaysanguiferous

From sangui- + -ferous, from Latin sanguis (“blood”).

Words from the same roots

Latinsanguis all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.