-aneous

Morpheme

-aneous

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, of the nature of” that corresponds to -aneum nouns

Etymology

-āneum + -ous and -āneus + -ous, from -ānus + -eus

Evidence

coetaneous, conforaneous, cutaneous, extraneous, intraneous, limitaneous, pedaneous, simultaneous, spontaneous, subterraneous, succedaneous, temporaneous

Notes

unanalyzeable

See Also

-aneum, -ous, -ana