Where does “feracious” come from?

feracious (English) comes from Latin ferax, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

feracious (English): Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful

Definitions

  1. Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful

Ancestry of “feracious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinferaxfruitful, fertile
2Latin-āxish, -y
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ium →Every word from Latin -ius →
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