"containing gold," 1727, from Latin aurifer "gold-bearing," from auri-, combining form of aurum "gold" (see aureate) + -fer "producing, bearing" (from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry," also "to bear children").
auriferous quartz veins
aural
aureate
aureole
auricle
auricular
auriferous
Auriga
aurochs
aurora
aurora borealis
auroral