-PHORE


Meaning of -PHORE in English

■ combining form denoting an agent or bearer of a specified thing: semaphore.

Derivatives

-phorous combining form .

Origin

from mod. L. -phorus , from Gk -phoros , -phoron 'bearing, bearer', from pherein 'to bear'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.