-erna

Morpheme

-erna

Type

suffix

Denotation

noun suffix denoting “place of, container for” (plural -ernae)

Etymology

Latin -erna, from -ernus, from rebracketing of ending of hodiernus, from -rnus, from from -nus

Evidence

taberna, tabernacle, taverna

See Also

-ernae, -ernus, -ern