Derivatives:
-phorous comb. form forming adjectives.
Etymology: mod.L f. Gk -phoros -phoron bearing, bearer f. phero bear
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-phore,
combining form. a thing that bears, or carries _____: »
Oophore = a structure that bears eggs. Semaphore = an apparatus that carries signaling devices.
╂[< Greek -phóros < phérein to bear, carry]
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comb. form denoting an agent or bearer of a specified thing
ionophore | semaphore
Origin:
from modern Latin -phorus, from Greek -phoros, -phoron ‘bearing, bearer’, from pherein ‘to bear’
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-phore(fɔə(r))
in F. -phore, mod.L. -phorus, -phorum, a. Gr. -ϕόρος, -ον bearing, bearer, f. ϕέρ-ειν to bear. A formative of various technical and scientific words, as carpophore, semaphore, gonophore, phonophore. Hence -phorous, q.v.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.