FER: the Latin root meaning “carry, bear”
FER comes from Latin and means “carry, bear”. You can see it in confer, conference and coniferous. WordPith uses it in 15 words.
- Meaning
- carry, bear
- Origin
- Latin
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Words built from FER
confer
To discuss; or to grant an honour
conference
A meeting for discussion
coniferous
Cone-bearing
defer
To put off; or to yield to someone
deference
Yielding to another’s judgement out of respect
deferment
Putting something off to a later date
differ
To be unlike
difference
The way two things are unlike
preference
Liking one thing better than another
afferent
Carrying inward, toward the centre
aquifer
A layer of rock that holds groundwater
efferent
Carrying outward, away from the centre
odoriferous
Carrying a smell, usually a strong one
pestiferous
Plague-carrying, or simply a menace
transferase
An enzyme that moves a group from one molecule to another
Quick check
1. Which word means: A meeting for discussion?
It's conference: CON + FER + ENCE.
2. Which word means: Putting something off to a later date?
It's deferment: DE + FER + MENT.
3. Which word means: Liking one thing better than another?
It's preference: PRE + FER + ENCE.
Roots that pair with FER
- -ENCE the state of
- -OUS full of
- DE- down, away, completely
- CON- with, together
- DIF- apart, away
- -ENT one that, a thing that
- -MENT the act or result of
- PRE- before
- AF- to, toward
- EF- out, thoroughly
- TRANS- across, through
- -ASE an enzyme
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