Fer(e) [Fere, Fer]

Morpheme

Fer(e) [Fere, Fer]

Type

bound base

Denotation

bear, carry, produce

Etymology

Latin ferre

Evidence

aquifer, circumference, confer, confered, conference, confering, conferrable, conferral, conferrer, confers, conifer, defer, deferment, deferrable, differ, difference, different, efferent, -ferous, -iferous, infer, infered, infering, infers, lactiferous, nuciferous, offer, prefer, proreferendum, pseudoreferendum, refer, refered, reference, referenced, references, referencing, referenda, referendum, referent, refering, referral, referred, referring, refers, somniferous, suffer, suffered, suffering, suffers, transfer, vociferous

Notes

doubling results from orthographic conventions conditioned by morphology and stress

See Also

Late, Pher(e) [Phere, Pher]

Homographs

Fer