English
lanigerous
Lanigerous comes from Latin laniger ‘wool-bearing, fleecy’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaniger‘wool-bearing, fleecy’
- Englishtodaylanigerous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaniger‘wool-bearing, fleecy’
- Englishtodaylanigerous
A compound of lano ‘wool’ + gero ‘to bear’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Italic *gezō ‘to carry, bear’
Latin gero ‘to bear’
Every English word from Latin laniger
Today it means
adj Bearing or producing wool.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin laniger / lanigerous