-gerous

English

Etymology

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

Suffix

-gerous

1. Bearing or producing.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -gerous

ascigerous

aurigerous

calcigerous

cauligerous

cirrigerous

coralligerous

cornigerous

cotyligerous

crucigerous

dentigerous

elytrigerous

ovigerous

palpigerous

pedigerous

piligerous

polypigerous

pubigerous

pupigerous

ramigerous

scutigerous

setigerous

Further reading

• “-gerous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Rogues, grouse, orgues, rogues, rouges, rugose