Morpheme
-(e)n [-en, -n]
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix forming adjectives from nouns
Etymology
Middle English -en; Old English -en
Evidence
ashen, cedarn, clayen, coppern, earthen, eldern, eldren, flaxen, golden, heathen, leathern, oaken, papern, silken, silvern, tinnen, waxen, wooden, woolen, yewen
Notes
corresponds to Latin -anus, -inus and Ancient Greek -inos
-en more common than -n
Homographs
En, En, -(e)n [-en, -n], -en, -en, -en, -en, -en, -(e)n(e) [-en, -ne, -n], -(a)n(e) [-ane, -an, -n]
