-fercomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. signifer n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -fer.

Etymology: < classical Latin -fer, adjectival suffix (see -ferous comb. form).Found in a number of borrowings from Middle English onwards, as signifer n., scutifer n., crucifer n., etc. Formations within English generally show -ifer comb. form, but compare noctifer n. at nocti- comb. form .

Forming nouns with the sense ‘bearer’; = -ifer comb. form.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	-fer
释义	-fercomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. signifer n. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -fer. Etymology: < classical Latin -fer, adjectival suffix (see -ferous comb. form).Found in a number of borrowings from Middle English onwards, as signifer n., scutifer n., crucifer n., etc. Formations within English generally show -ifer comb. form, but compare noctifer n. at nocti- comb. form . Forming nouns with the sense ‘bearer’; = -ifer comb. form. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < comb. form
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