-ian
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Of, relating to, or resembling:
属于…的，与…有关的，类似…的：
Bostonian.
波士顿的 - One relating to, belonging to, or resembling:
与…有关的人，属于…的人，与…相似的人：
academician.
学会会员，院士
语源
- Middle English -ien, -ian
中古英语 -ien, -ian - from Old French -ien
源自 古法语 -ien - from Latin -iānus [adj. and n. suff]
源自 拉丁语 -iānus [形容词和名词后缀]
-ian
suffix
a variant of -an ⇒
Etonian,
Johnsonian
Origin
from Latin -iānus-an or -ean or -ian
suffix
(forming adjectives and nouns) belonging to or relating to; a person belonging to or coming from
⇒
European
(forming adjectives and nouns) typical of or resembling; a person typical of
⇒
Elizabethan
(forming adjectives and nouns) adhering to or following; an adherent of
⇒
Christian
(forming nouns) a person who specializes or is expert in
⇒
dietitian
⇒
phonetician
Origin
from Latin -ānus, suffix of adjectives-ian
Word Origin
1
a suffix with the same meaning and properties as -an; -ian, is now the more productive of the two suffixes in recent coinages, especially when the base noun ends in a consonant: Orwellian; Washingtonian.
Origin
extracted from L loanwords in which -ānus -an is joined to stems ending in i
Related Words
- -iana
- -ician
- Abbevillian
- Abelian
- academician
- Acheulean
-ianvariant of -an, as in amphibian, Grecian.
[Latin -iānus, from -i-, original or connective vowel + -ānus -an]-ian
⇨ see -an
⇨ see -an
-ian
suffix
- forming adjectives and nouns such as antediluvian and Bostonian［构成形容词和名词, 如antediluvian, Bostonian］。比较
-AN .
词源
from French -ien or Latin -ianus.
1930 W. T. Schaller in Amer. Mineralogist XV. 568Can a uniform, clearly understandable scheme of nomenclature be adopted to express a minor and variable isomorphous replacement of an essential chemical element of a mineral by another analogous element?.. The writer has concluded that the ending ian, or oan if it is desired to indicate a lower valency, is the most satisfactory, and its consistent use is here advocated... If the chemical element has only one valency or the author does not wish to bring up the question of valency, ian should be used.
-ian
variant of suffix -an used with stem endings in -i, from Latin -ianus (-anus). In Middle English, frequently -ien, from words borrowed via French.
☞ -ian, an
-ian
suffix. a form of -an, as in Bostonian, Episcopalian, Proustian, tragedian, amphibian, Italian.
-ian
\ēən, yən, iən, ən\
— see -an
— see -an
-ian -an, -n
Suffix
- as an adjective From, related to, or like.
- as a noun One from, belonging to, relating to, or like.
- as a noun Having a certain profession.
Etymology
From Latin -ānus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun.
Usage notes
Related terms
Derived terms
related to
belonging to
having a profession
后缀：-ian ①[形容词后缀]
表示属于某国的、某地的，某人的或某宗教的（可兼表示人或语言）
Egyptian 埃及的（人、语）
Mongolian 蒙古的（人、语）
Arabian 阿拉伯的（人）
Oceanian 大洋洲的（人）
Canadian 加拿大的（人）
Washingtonian 华盛顿市（州）的（人）
Shakespearian 莎士比亚的
United Statesian 美国的（人）
Parisian 巴黎的（人）
Athenian 雅典的（人）
Dickensian 狄更斯的
Newtonian 牛顿（学说）的
Christian 基督教的（徒）
②[名词后缀]
表示某种职业、地位或特征的人
grammarian 语法学家
historian 历史学家
guardian 守卫者
civilian 平民
collegian 高等学校学生
comedian 喜剧演员
tragedian 悲剧演员
lilliputian 矮子
词根词缀：-ian
【来源及含义】Latin: suffix form of -an from -ianus, a modifier of the main word to which it is attached: belonging to, coming from, being involved in, or being like something
【相关描述】Appearing in such words as comedian, egalitarian, Bostonian, Italian, Smithsonian, mathematician, Alabamian, Californian, Arizonian, and Canadian. It is attached to the root of common or proper nouns with the meanings "of, pertaining to, from", or "like" the proper name appearing in the stem.
【同源单词】abecedarian, academician, acanthopterygian, acararian, acoustician, aeolian