sagittifer etymology

Latin word sagittifer comes from Latin -fer (-bearing, -carrying, -bringing.), Latin sagitta

Detailed word origin of sagittifer

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-fer Latin (lat) -bearing, -carrying, -bringing.
sagitta Latin (lat) (botany) arrowhead, a plant of the genus Sagittaria. (medicine) lancet. Arrow, bolt.
sagittifer Latin (lat) (poetic) arrow-bearing. (substantive) Sagittarius (constellation).

Words with the same origin as sagittifer

Descendants of -fer
aquilifer 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 sagitta
Sagittiger Scytalosagittipelliger sagittifolius sagittula