-ario-

Morpheme

-ario-

Type

interfix

Denotation

connecting form of -ariae suffix

Etymology

interfixal construction from -ariae + -o-

Evidence

Bacillariophyceae, bacillariophycean, Bacillariophycidae, Bacillariophyta, bacillariophyte

See Also

-ariae, -o-

Homographs

-ario