Morpheme
-ia
Type
suffix
Denotation
feminine noun suffix, abstract and taxonomic noun suffix naming “countries, diseases, flowers, collections” (plural -iae and rarely -iai)
Etymology
Latin -ia; Ancient Greek -ía, -eia
Evidence
anemia, anodontia, anoxia, Arabia, Asia, baria, Britannia, cadmia, California, cornucopia, Czechia, dahlia, dyslexia, dysmorphia, euthermia, Fabia, fascia, fuchsia, Georgia, glia, harmonia, hemialgia, heterochromia, hysteria, magnesia, Malaysia, mania, militia, minutia, myopia, Nigeria, paraskavedekatriaphobia, paraskevidekatriaphobia, Pennsylvania, Persia, -phemia, phobia, Prussia, Romania, salvia, Serbia, Slovakia, suburbia, uchronia, urbania, Victoria, Virginia, Wigilia
Notes
not the same as <-i- + -a>
