-phorous

Word Origin

a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -phore:

gonophorous.

Origin

< New Latin -phorus < Greek -phoros bearing. See -phore, -ous

Related Words

-phore
adiaphorous
aplacophoran
chaetophorous
Ciliophora
galactophorous

-phorousa word element forming an adjective termination meaning 'bearing', 'having', as in anthophorous.

[New Latin -phorus, from Greek -phoros bearing]

-phorous|fərəs|combining element, f. mod.L. -phor-us, Gr. -ϕόρ-ος, F. -phore + -ous, forming adjs. related to ns. in -phore, with the sense ‘-bearing’; synonymous with -ferous, but properly used only in words derived from Gr., e.g. carpophorous, cladophorous, oophorous, phonophorous, phragmophorous, etc.

-phorous /ˈfərəs/ suffix.

ORIGIN: from (the same root as) -phore + -ous.

Forming adjectives corresp. to nouns in -phore, with the sense ‘-bearing, having’ (the Greek-derived analogue of -ferous), as mastigophorous.

-pho·rous
\f(ə)rəs\ adjective combining form
Etymology: Greek -phoros, from pherein to carry — more at bear
: carrying : -ferous
< ascophorous >
< phyllophorous >
< androphorous >

词汇	-phorous
词根词缀	AHD Dictionary.com Macquarie OED SOED Webster -phorous suff.（后缀） Bearing: 表示“携带”之意： gonophorous. 生殖胞的语源 From Greek -phoros 源自希腊语 -phoros from pherein [to carry] * see bher- ¹ 源自 pherein [搬运，携带] 参见 bher- ¹ -phorous Word Origin 1 a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -phore: gonophorous. Origin < New Latin -phorus < Greek -phoros bearing. See -phore, -ous Related Words -phore adiaphorous aplacophoran chaetophorous Ciliophora galactophorous -phorousa word element forming an adjective termination meaning 'bearing', 'having', as in anthophorous. [New Latin -phorus, from Greek -phoros* bearing] -phorous\|fərəs\|combining element, f. mod.L. -phor-us, Gr. -ϕόρ-ος, F. -phore + -ous, forming adjs. related to ns. in -phore, with the sense ‘-bearing’; synonymous with -ferous, but properly used only in words derived from Gr., e.g. carpophorous, cladophorous, oophorous, phonophorous, phragmophorous, etc. -phorous /ˈfərəs/ suffix. ORIGIN: from (the same root as) -phore + -ous. Forming adjectives corresp. to nouns in -phore, with the sense ‘-bearing, having’ (the Greek-derived analogue of -ferous), as mastigophorous. -pho·rous \f(ə)rəs\ adjective combining form Etymology: Greek -phoros, from pherein to carry — more at bear : carrying : -ferous < ascophorous > < phyllophorous > < androphorous >
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