Morpheme
-an
Type
suffix
Denotation
Latin adjective suffix of -a (zoological or taxonomic noun and adjective suffix)
Etymology
adopted unchanged from Classical Latin and Ancient Greek
Evidence
dipteran, eurypterygian, ornithischian
See Also
Homographs
An, An, a(n)- [a-, an-], an-, an-, an-, -an, an(a)- [ana-, an-], -(a)n(e) [-ane, -an, -n]
