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by thaumasiotes 40 days ago
> I first looked up -ferous (to hand: Eric Partridge, Origins) and noticed the Latin root fer (ferent) is cognate to English 'bear'?

Yes, we have fer ⟷ bear just like we have frater ⟷ brother.

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thanks again.

Watch out, those forests are ursusferous.