词根词缀：-fer, -ferous

【来源及含义】Latin: to bear, to carry; to produce; to bring

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families related to "bear, carry, bring": duc-; ger-; later-, -lation; phoro-; port-.

【同源单词】ad referendum, afferent, aquifer, auriferous, circumference, confer

词根词缀：herb-

【来源及含义】Latin: green crop, grass

【同源单词】herbaceous, herbage, herbal, herbarium, herbary, herbiferous

词根词缀：-ous, -ious, -eous

【来源及含义】Latin: full of or having the qualities of; in chemistry, a suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.

【相关描述】Only a small number of the hundreds of examples are presented because there are just too many to include at this time.

【同源单词】abdominous, abiogenous, ablepharous, abstemious, acanthaceous, acanthocephalous