ferriferous
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
ferr-
-fer
-ferous
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
ferriferous
bearing or containing iron
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Dissection of ferriferous
ferriferous = ferr- (iron) + i + fer (bear) + -ous (full of);
ferriferous = containing, bearing or producing iron
Now Repeat my Dissection
ferriferous = containing, bearing or producing iron
Important roots for this word:
-ous
ferr-
-fer
-ferous
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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