-gerous
a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” used in the formation of compound words:
setigerous.
-gerous
combining form
bearing or producing armigerous compare -ferous
word origin
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- -glot
a combining form with the meanings “having a tongue,” “speaking, writing, or written in a language” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: polyglot.
- -gnathous
a combining form meaning “having a jaw” of the kind or in the position specified by the initial element: prognathous. -gnathous combining form indicating or having a jaw of a specified kind prognathous word origin -gnathous suff. characterized by a specified kind of jaw: anisognathous.
- -gnomy
a combining form meaning “knowledge,” occurring in loanwords from greek and used in combination with other elements of greek origin: physiognomy.
- -gnosis
a combining form meaning “knowledge,” used in the formation of compound words: prognosis. -gnosis combining form (esp in medicine) recognition or knowledge prognosis, diagnosis derived forms word origin
- -gnostic
a combination of -gnosis and -ic, used to form adjectives from stems ending in -gnosis: prognostic.