-gerous

comb. form forming adjectives meaning 'bearing' (lanigerous).

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\\j(ə)rəs\ adjective combining form

Etymology: Latin -ger (from gerere to bear, wage, cherish) or French -gère (from Latin -ger) + English -ous — more at cast

: bearing, producing — preceded by i

crystalligerous

dentigerous

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a combining form meaning "bearing," "producing," used in the formation of compound words: setigerous.

[ < L -ger bearing, deriv. of gerere to bear, wear; see -OUS]

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-gerous,

combining form. bearing; producing; containing, as in crystalligerous, dentigerous.

╂[< Latin gerere to bear + English -ous]

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comb. form bearing (a specified thing)

armigerous

Origin:

from Latin -ger ‘bearing’ (from the root of gerere ‘to bear, carry’) + -ous

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-gerous

in actual use always -igerous (-ˈɪdʒərəs), an adjectival suffix f. L. -ger bearing (f. root of gerĕre to bear) + -ous. It occurs in a few words representing actual Latin formations, as cornigerous, florigerous, and in mod. scientific language is added freely to Latin stems, as in frondigerous.