-ferous

CIDE DICTIONARY

-ferous, [L. -fer. fr. ferre to bear. See Bear to support.].

A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle. [1913 Webster]

-ferous, comb. form (usu. -iferous) forming adjectives with the sense 'bearing', 'having' (auriferous; odoriferous).

Derivative

-ferously suffix -ferousness suffix

Etymology

from or after F -f{egrave}re or L -fer producing f. ferre bear