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Where does “aluminiferous” come from?

aluminiferous (English) comes from English -iferous, from English -ferous, from English -ous, from Middle English -ous, from Old French -us, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

aluminiferous (English): containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or...

Definitions

  1. containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or...

Ancestry of “aluminiferous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-iferousAlternative form of -ferous
2English-ferousUsed to form adjectives from nouns, producing the...
3English-ousUsed to form adjectives from nouns, to denote...
4Middle English-ous—
5Old French-us-ous, used for forming adjectives
6Latin-ōsus—
7Old Latin-ōssus—
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