-oan

Morpheme

-oan

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix naming an atom or ion containing cations or anions

Etymology

suffixal construction from -ous + -an(e)

Evidence

antimonoan, arsenoan, bismuthoan, boratoan, ceroan, cobaltoan, cuproan, europoan, mercuroan, palladoan, plumboan, stannoan, stiboan, thalloan, titanoan, vanadoan

See Also

-ous, -an(e) [-ane, -an]