Definitions
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- suffix Combining form meaning bearer of the element preceding.
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- suffix
Bearer orcarrier of.
Etymologies
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From New Latin -phorus, from Ancient Greek -φορος (-phoros, "bearing"), a derivative of φέρειν (phérein, "to bear, to carry")
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