-an

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

-a

Homographs

An, An, an-, -an, an-, an-

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