aquilifer etymology

Latin word aquilifer comes from Latin -fer (-bearing, -carrying, -bringing.), Latin aquila

Detailed word origin of aquilifer

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-fer Latin (lat) -bearing, -carrying, -bringing.
aquila Latin (lat) Eagle. The standard (of an eagle) carried by a Roman legion.
aquilifer Latin (lat) Standard-bearer (officer who carried the eagle standard of a legion).

Words with the same origin as aquilifer

Descendants of -fer
cupressifer dactylifer dulcifer fructifer glandulifer grandifer imbrifer letifer lucifer margaritifer mellifer nimbifer noctifer nucifer palmifer patellifer peltifer pinifer sacrifer signifer soporifer sudorifer velifer vexillifer
Descendants of aquila
Aquilia Aquilius Dryptosaurus aquilunguis Megalosaurus aquilunguis aquilinus aquilunguis