-aria

Morpheme

-aria

Type

suffix

Denotation

(1) abstract noun suffix (plural -ariae); (2) taxonomic suffix; (3) relational adjective suffix

Etymology

(1) Latin -āria, from -ārius; (2) Italian -aria, from -ario; Latin -ārius

Evidence

Acantharia, Capillaria, Cavernularia, cercaria, Dichotomaria, fasciolaria, filaria, metacercaria, microfilaria, muscaria, pedicellaria, Planaria, sicaria, Stellaria, stigmaria, Tubularia, Umbellularia, urticaria

See Also

-(a)r [-ar, -r], -ary, -arian, -arian, -ara, -aire, -ariae, -ario, -eer, -iere, -ier, -yer, -ero, -era, -arium, -aria, -arius, -arii, -ari, -arious

Homographs

-aria