-ara

Morpheme

-ara

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix denoting “related to, associated with, in the style of”

Etymology

Italian -ara, from -aro; Latin -āria, -ārius

Evidence

carbonara, marinara

See Also

-(a)r [-ar, -r], -ary, -arian, -arian, -aire, -aria, -ariae, -ario, -eer, -iere, -ier, -yer, -ero, -era, -er, -eiro, -arium, -aria, -arius, -arii, -ari, -arious, -areous, -etary, -etarian, -itary, -itaire, -itarian, -aric, -arism, -arist, -arize, -arise

Homographs

Ara, Ara