-ferous

(Engels)

  1. (morpheme) Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “bearing an entity or entities as specified by the noun”.
  2. (morpheme) Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “producing a material as specified by the noun”.
  3. (morpheme) Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “containing a material as specified by the noun”.

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin ferō (“to bear”) + -ous.

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