Morpheme
-a
Type
suffix
Denotation
(1) singular Latin and Ancient Greek feminine noun and adjective suffix (masculine -us) (plural -ae or rarely -ai); (2) anatomical, philosophical, medical, and taxonomic suffix; (3) chemical suffix that changes an element or substance into an oxide
Etymology
Latin and Ancient Greek -a
Evidence
abscissa, acantha, alumina, amoeba, amphora, amygdala, antenna, aorta, arena, Atherina, cella, cornea, Cyrenaica, drachma, echidna, electronica, Estrangela, Frigga, gamba, gemma, -ica, idea, indigena, juxta, larva, luna, machina, magistra, Malaya, mora, naphtha, orbita, plethora, puerpera, purpura, rasa, rhea, robusta, rotavirus, scena, silica, silva, spatha, stela, strongyla, tephra, tessera, tryma, tuba, ulna, urethra, Vega, vita
See Also
Homographs
A, A, a-, a-, a-, a-, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, a(n)- [a-, an-], a(b)(s)- [ab-, abs-, a-]
