English Vocabulary: The Latin word root 'fer'

The word root 'fer' comes from the Latin verb 'ferre' which means 'to carry'. See how other words are made using this word root and build your vocabulary.

1. English Vocabulary: The
Latin word root *fer'

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Virginia Allum

2. The word root ’FER’ comes from the
Latin verb “FERRE” which meansñto
carry’ or ‘to bring’

Prefixes are word parts

es which are added to the
y beginning of a word root to

make new words.

3. The word root FER’ comes from the

Latin verb FERRE’ which means toy
carry’ or ‘to bring;

Suffixes are word parts
which are added to the
end of a word i pote

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4. FERTILE is broken into *fer’ meaning
‘bring’ and the suffix 4tile® ‘which
makes an adjective form:

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FERTILE can mean ‘carry
goodness’ to the earth
because the soil grows a
lot of crops.

5. FERTILE is broken into “fer; meaning
‘bring’ and the suffix “tile which
makes an adjective form:

The soil is very fertile’ :
and produces a lot of
grapes.

6. TRANSFER is broken into “trans? which
means ‘across’ and “fer? which means
‘Carry’

aS TRANSFER means
Lp ‘carry across’ from
; one place to another

7. TRANSFER is broken into “trans? which

means ‘across’ and “fer which means
‘carry’

lam going to
transfer some
money into your
account today:

8. REFER is broken into “re” which means back:

and ‘fer meaning ‘carry’. REFER'meansito
‘carry something back \to someone;.
I need to refer my patient to the specialist fol

further treatment.

9. REFER is broken into re’ which means {back
and ‘fer’ meaning ‘carry’. REFER mea nsito
‘carry something back to/someone

+ A referendum is an
| important issue whichis

brought back to the
people for a vote.

10. INFER comes from the reid ‘in
meaning ‘into’ and fer? meaning 25
“carry:

To INFER omething is aioe
‘carry in”: Te —
something by deduction ES

11. INFER comes from the prefix tin:
meaning ‘into and “fer meaning
‘carry’

We can infer that he
is a liar from his
dishonest behaviour:

12. PREFER comes from “pre ame an
‘before’ and ‘fer’ meaning”

To prefer something
LEN ales means to ‘carry
un something before:

ADA LARA

you like it better

AMD

something else because

13. PREFER comes from ‘pre’ meaning

‘before’ and ‘fer’ meaning “carry:

He prefers playing
his guitar on the
weekend to
watching TV.

14. CIRCUMFERENGE is broken in
‘circum’ which means “aroul
fer” which means “cart

na md
ny

The circumference
is a measurement
which is “carried

around’ something.

15. CIRCUMFERENGE lis broken into
‘circum’ which means “aroundand
‘fer which means "carry;

of the wall is 500
metres.

16. VOCIFEROUS is broken into “vociE
from ‘vox’ meaning voice and, fers

meaning “carry:

VOCIFEROUS means ‘carrying
your voice across’ or ‘spoken
very loudly’. It usually means
that you are annoyed or angry.

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17. VOCIFEROUS is broken into *vocize
from “vox” meaning voice and “fer?
meaning ‘carry’

She made vociferous

| complaints to the

g police about her noisy
neighbours.

18. AQUIFER is broken into “aqua*\which
means ‘water’ and ‘fer’ which means
‘carry up’

An AQUIFER is a 2
layer of porous rock
which carries water to
the surface. >

19. AQUIFER is broken into “aqu
means ‘water’ and ‘fer’ whi
‘Carry up”

An aquifer allows
underground w
to come to the
Surface.

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