English
gummiferous
From gum + -i- + -ferous.
Formed from gum + -i- + -ferous
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to gape, yawn’
Proto-Germanic *gaumô ‘palate’
Proto-West Germanic *gōmō
Old English gōma ‘palate’
Middle English gom
English gum
Today it means
adj That produces gum (or latex etc)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gummiferous