English

falciferous

From Latin falx (“sickle”) + -i- + -ferous (“-bearing”).

Formed from falx ‘sickle’ + -i- + -ferous ‘-bearing’

Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- ‘to sting’

Latin falx ‘sickle’

English falx

Today it means

adj Sickle-bearing.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / falciferous