Morpheme
-aceous
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix denoting “resembling” corresponding to -acea, -acean, and -aceae nouns
Etymology
(1) Latin -āceus, from -āx + -eus; (2) suffixal construction from -acea/-acean/-aceae + -ous
Evidence
ampullaceous, asteraceous, bacillariaceous, byssaceous, cepaceous, ceraceous, curvaceous, cylindraceous, fabaceous, farinaceous, gallinaceous, gemmaceous, herbaceous, lactaceous, lejeuneaceous, saponaceous, sebaceous, stellaceous
