-arian

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, -er, -eiro, -arium, -aria, -arius, -arii, -ari, -arious, -areous, -etary, -etarian, -itary, -itaire, -itarian, -aric, -arism, -arist, -arize, -arise

Homographs

-arian