English
garnetiferous
From garnet + -i- + -ferous.
Formed from garnet + -i- + -ferous
Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- ‘to grow old, to mature’
Old French grenate ‘pomegranate (fruit)’
Middle English gernet ‘red, garnet (colour)’
English garnet
Today it means
adj Containing garnets.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / garnetiferous