Morpheme
-tarian
Type
suffix
Denotation
(1) agent suffix denoting a believer, advocate, or habitant; (2) agent suffix denoting “one who eats”
Etymology
(1) from -itarian, from suffixal construction from -i- + -ty + -arian; (2) from vegetarian (<Vegete + -arian>)
Evidence
demitarian, flexitarian, flexitarianism, fungitarian, nutritarian, pollotarian, propertarian, propertarianism, semitarian
