-ien

Morpheme

-ien

Type

suffix

Denotation

French masculine demonymic suffix (feminine -ienne)

Etymology

(1) French -ien; Middle French -ien; Old French -ien; Latin -iānus, from -ānus

Evidence

Nigerien

Notes

-ien, -ain, and -an are doublets

See Also

-ienne, -(a)n(e) [-ane, -an, -n], -ian

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