-anum

Morpheme

-anum

Type

suffix

Denotation

Latin adjective suffix denoting “of, pertaining to” (masculine -ano, feminine -ana)

Etymology

Latin -ānum, from -ānus, from rebracketed <-a-> of stem + -nus

Evidence

arcanum, arcanums

See Also

-(a)n(e) [-ane, -an, -n], -ana

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