Biferous
/ˈbaɪ.fə.rəs/noun
Bearing or producing two crops or harvests in a year.
Did you know?Biferous comes from Latin bi- (“two”) + -ferous (“bearing”), and that same -ferous root also lives in words tied to carrying, bringing, and producing — language as a mechanism of making things appear.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰeh₂-
“to shine, appear, or become visible”
Latin
Latin
bis
“twice, two times”
Latin
Latin
ferre
“to bear, carry, bring”
Late Latin
Latin
bifer
“bearing twice; producing two crops”
Middle English
English
biferous
“bearing two crops or yields in a year”
Modern English
English
biferous
“bearing or producing two crops or harvests in a year”
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