-phore

1. a combining form meaning “bearer of,” “thing or part bearing” that specified by the initial element:

   gonophore.

-phore

combining form

1. indicating a person or thing that bears or produces

   semaphore

   gonophore

Derived Forms

• -phorous, combining_form:in_adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of -phore¹

< New Latin -phorus < Greek -phoros bearing, verbid of phérein; bear ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of -phore¹

from New Latin -phorus, from Greek -phoros bearing, from pherein to bear

Example Sentences

Now all this is what actually takes place in words like hmo-ptysis (spitting of blood), sema-phore (a sort of telegraph).

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