Morpheme
-itary
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective and noun suffix denoting “connected with, pertaining to, of or belonging to” that correspond to -ty abstract nouns
Etymology
suffixal construction from -i- + -ty + -ary, from Latin -tās + -ārius
Evidence
dignitary, hereditary, majoritarily, sanitarian, sanitary, solitary
Doublet
-itaire
See Also
-i-, -ty, -ary, -(a)r [-ar, -r], -arian, -arian, -ara, -aire, -aria, -ariae, -ario, -eer, -ier, -yer, -ero, -era, -arium, -aria, -arius, -arii
