English
laniferous
Laniferous comes from Latin lanifer.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElanifer
- Englishtodaylaniferous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElanifer
- Englishtodaylaniferous
A compound of lana ‘wool’ + ferre ‘to bear’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ ‘wool’
Proto-Italic *wlānā
Latin lana ‘wool’
Every English word from Latin lanifer
Today it means
adj Bearing or producing wool.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lanifer / laniferous