Where does “lactiferous” come from?

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

lactiferous (English): Able to secrete milk or a milky fluid

Definitions

  1. Able to secrete milk or a milky fluid

Ancestry of “lactiferous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ferousUsed to form adjectives from nouns, producing the...
2English-ousUsed to form adjectives from nouns, to denote...
3Middle English-ous—
4Old French-us-ous, used for forming adjectives
5Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
6Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “lactiferous”

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