13 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
adjective bearing or containing fossils
originEtymology tree English fossil Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -ferous English fossiliferous From fossil + -i- + -ferous.
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