Morpheme
-itarian
Type
suffix
Denotation
(1) agent suffix denoting a believer, advocate, or habitant; (2) agent suffix denoting “one who eats”
Etymology
suffixal construction from -i- + -ty + -arian (variant of -arian corresponding to -ty abstract nouns)
Evidence
antiauthoritarian, antiequalitarian, antimajoritarian, antiquitarian, austeritarian, authoritarian, charitarian, communitarian, countermajoritarian, equalitarian, eternitarian, humanitarian, identitarian, inequalitarian, majoritarian, nationalitarian, necessitarian, nonequalitarian, nonmajoritarian, nuditarian, nutritarian, nutritarianism, propertarian, pseudoequalitarian, reciprocitarian, securitarian, singularitarian, societarian, supermajoritarian, totalitarian, universitarian, utilitarian
Notes
unanalyzable
