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thaumasiotesyesterday at 9:53 PM1 replyview on HN

> 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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FarmerPotatoyesterday at 10:05 PM

thanks again.

Watch out, those forests are ursusferous.