[1675–85; sangui- + -ferous]This word is first recorded in the period 1675–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: denature, mouthpiece, muscular, stoma, upstream-ferous is a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” “yielding,” “containing,” “conveying,”used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix -ferous include: coniferous, pestiferous