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-gerous

-gerous suffix: bearing or producing.

Suffix

-gerous

  1. Bearing or producing.

Origin of -gerous

From Latin gerō (“to carry”) + English -ous.

Questions about -gerous

What does -gerous mean?
-gerous means bearing or producing.
What part of speech is -gerous?
-gerous is a suffix.

Words near -gerous in the dictionary

  1. -genesis
  2. -genic
  3. -genin
  4. -genous
  5. -geny
  6. -gerous
  7. -gest
  8. -gesterone
  9. -gestr-
  10. -geusia
  11. -ghazi

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