Morpheme
-aceous
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix denoting “resembling, full of, abounding in, having, possession of” corresponding to -aceus (Latin), -aceum, -acea, and -aceae nouns
Etymology
(1) Latin -āceus, from -āx + -eus; (2) suffixal construction from -aceus/-aceum/-acea/-aceae + -ous
Evidence
ampullaceous, araceous, asteraceous, bacillariaceous, byssaceous, cepaceous, ceraceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, cylindraceous, dipterocarpaceous, fabaceous, farinaceous, gallinaceous, gemmaceous, herbaceous, lactaceous, lauraceous, lejeuneaceous, lutaceous, minaceous, pavonaceous, poaceous, predaceous, ranunculaceous, rutaceous, saponaceous, scribaceous, sebaceous, stellaceous, taxaceous, vitaceous
See Also
-ax, -ace, -ace, -acy, -aceous, -acious, -asse, -accia, -azzo, -azzi, -acea, -aceae, -aceum, -acean, -acic, -acate, -acoyl, -acitate, -acitance, -acitor
