English
feracious
Feracious comes from Latin ferax ‘fruitful, fertile’, and goes back to ferre ‘to bear’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferre‘to bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEferax‘fruitful, fertile’
- Englishtodayferacious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferre‘to bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEferax‘fruitful, fertile’
- Englishtodayferacious
Formed from -acious
Every English word from Latin ferre
Today it means
adj Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ferre / feracious