English
lauriferous
Lauriferous comes from Latin laurifer ‘laurel-bearing, triumphant’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaurifer‘laurel-bearing, triumphant’
- Englishtodaylauriferous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaurifer‘laurel-bearing, triumphant’
- Englishtodaylauriferous
A compound of laurus ‘laurel’ + ferō ‘to bear’
Old Latin dacrus
Latin laurus ‘laurel’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to bear, carry’
Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
Latin ferō ‘to bear’
Every English word from Latin laurifer
Today it means
adj Producing, or bringing, laurel
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin laurifer / lauriferous