Morpheme
-ioid
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix denoting “belonging to, connected with, member of a group or class” corresponding to -ium/-ia nouns
Etymology
suffixal construction from -ium + -o- + -id and -ia + -o- + -id
Evidence
bacterioid, chondrioid, endometrioid, endothelioid, epithelioid, hemophilioid, hernioid, mycelioid, nonendometrioid, phalangioid, rupioid, secotioid, taenioid, tenioid
