-a

Morpheme

-a

Type

suffix

Denotation

Latin plural of -um (often zoological or taxonomic suffix)

Etymology

Latin -a

Evidence

Animalia, Bacteria, cilia, Coleoptera, data, Diptera, hypogea, Mammalia, media, memoranda, Nucifraga, Reptilia

See Also

-um, -an

Homographs

A, A, a-, a-, a-, a-, a-, a-, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a