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