-ferous
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- Bearing; producing; containing:
 具有;产生;包含:
 carboniferous.
 含碳的
语源
- -fer 
 -fer
- -ous 
 -ous
-ferous
combining form in adjective
bearing or producing
⇒ 
coniferous
⇒ 
Compare -gerous
crystalliferous
Compare -gerous
Origin
from -fer + -ous-ferous
Word Origin
1 
a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” “yielding,” “containing,” “conveying,” used in the formation of compound words:
coniferous; pestiferous.
Compare -fer.
Origin
Middle English; see -fer, -ous
Related Words
- -fer
- aeriferous
- aluminiferous
- amentiferous
- argentiferous
- balsamiferous
-ferousan adjective suffix meaning 'bearing', 'producing','yielding', 'containing', 'conveying', as in auriferous, balsamiferous, coniferous, pestiferous.
[-fer producing + -ous]-ferous
adjective combining form
carboniferous
adjective combining form
 ETYMOLOGY  Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French -fere -fer, from Latin -fer
: bearing : producingcarboniferous
-ferous
                (一般作-iferous)
  combining form
     -          having, bearing, or containing (a specified thing)表示“具有”, “含有”, “产生”:
-       Carboniferous pestiferous. 
派生词
 -ferously   combining form         
  in corresponding adverbs
[用于相应的副词]
 -ferousness   combining form         
  in corresponding nouns
[用于相应的名词]。
词源
from French -fère or Latin -fer 'producing', from ferre 'to bear'.
ORIGIN: Repr. French  -fère  or Latin  -fer  carrying, bearing (see -fer -ous 
-ferous
suffix added to nouns to form adjectives. producing; containing; conveying, as in metalliferous, odoriferous.
[< Latin -fer (< ferre to bear) + English -ous]
-fer·ous
\_f(ə)rəs\  adjective combining form 
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin -fer & Middle French -fere (from Latin -fer) + English -ous — more at -fer 
 : bearing : producing : yielding 
< auriferous >
< ovuliferous >
— almost always preceded by i
• -fer·ous·lyadverb combining form 
• -fer·ous·nessnoun combining form  -es
< auriferous >
< ovuliferous >
— almost always preceded by i
• -fer·ous·ly
• -fer·ous·ness
-ferous
Suffix
- producing the specified material
- containing the specified material
Etymology
From Latin ferō (“I bear”).
Derived terms
 English words suffixed with -ferous