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-fer

 
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a combining form meaning “that which carries” the thing specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: aquifer; conifer; foraminifer.
Origin:
< L, deriv. of ferre to bear 1 , in L generally forming adjs.; the corresponding E adjs. add -ous; see -ferous
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suff.  One that bears: aquifer.

[Latin, bearer, bearing, from ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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