-gerous
combining form in adjective
bearing or producing
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Compare -ferous
armigerous
Compare -ferous
Origin
from Latin -ger bearing + -ous-gerous
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” used in the formation of compound words:
setigerous.
Origin
< Latin -ger bearing, derivative of gerere to bear, wear; see -ous
Related Words
- ascigerous
- dentigerous
- setigerous
- veliger
-gerousa combining form meaning 'bearing' or 'producing', as in setigerous.
[Latin -ger bearing + -ous]-gerous
combining form
- bearing (a specified thing)表示“有（某物）的”：
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armigerous.
词源
from Latin - ger 'bearing' （from the root of gerere 'to bear, carry'） +-OUS .
ORIGIN: from Latin -ger bearing (from base of gerere bear, carry) + -ous
-gerous
combining form. bearing; producing; containing, as in crystalligerous, dentigerous.
[< Latin gerere to bear + English -ous]
-gerous
\j(ə)rəs\ adjective combining form
Etymology: Latin -ger (from gerere to bear, wage, cherish) or French -gère (from Latin -ger) + English -ous — more at cast
: bearing, producing — preceded by i
< crystalligerous >
< dentigerous >
< crystalligerous >
< dentigerous >
-gerous
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Suffix
- Bearing or producing.
Etymology
From Latin gero (“I carry”) (from gerere (“to bear, carry”)) + English -ous; see jest.