Morpheme
-arian
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, characterized by, tending to, belonging to, originating from” corresponding to -arium/-aria nouns
Etymology
suffixal construction from -aria + -(a)n(e)
Evidence
aquarian, planarian, stigmarian, vitellarian
See Also
-(a)r [-ar, -r], -ary, -arian, -ara, -aire, -aria, -ariae, -ario, -eer, -iere, -ier, -yer, -ero, -era, -arium, -aria, -arius, -arii, -ari, -arious
