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-ean

suffix forming adjectives

a variant of -an ⇒ Caesarean

-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

-ean

Word Origin
1
an element used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ea:
crustacean.
Origin
< Latin -ē(us) (Greek -eios), -ae(us) (Greek -aios), -e(us) + -an

Related Words

  • aurorean
  • Labradorean
  • Oedipean
  • Saussurean
  • Tacitean
  • Tyrolean
-eanvariant of -an, as in antipodean, caesarean.
-ean
⇨ see -an
-ean
/ˈɪən/  
suffix
forming adjectives and nouns such as Antipodean and Pythagorean
［构成形容词和名词, 如Antipodean 和 Pythagorean］。比较-AN.
词源
from Latin -aeus, -eus or Greek -aios, -eios, + -AN.
-ean, suffixVar. of -an, after L. -aeus, -eus, orig. representing -e- (in names ending in -(a)ea, -es, -eus) + -an, as antipodean, crustacean, European, Herculean, Linn(a)ean, Promethean; also added to names in -as, -os, -us after Gr. -eios, -aios, as Pythagorean, Sisyphean, Theocritean, etc.
-ean
variant of -an after names ending in -ea, -es, -eus.
-ean /ˈi:ən, ɪən/ suffix.
ORIGIN: from Latin or Greek ending (see below) + -an.
Forming adjectives (often used as nouns) with the sense ‘of, belonging to, characteristic of’, chiefly anglicizations of Latin adjectives in -aeus, -eus, and Greek adjectives in -aios, -eios, as empyrean, Epicurean, Euclidean, European, Herculean, Jacobean, subterranean, only rarely in English formations (as Caribbean, Tyrolean) exc. where the root itself provides -e- (-ian being more usual), as Carlylean. Often with parallel forms in -ian.
☞ an
-ean
— see -an

-ean

Suffix

  1. Forms adjectives, usually from proper nouns.

Etymology

From Latin -ānus, following Latin stems ending in -e(us), -ē(us) (many from Ancient Greek -ηιος), or -æ(us) (many from Ancient Greek -αιος).

Usage notes

  • Almost all English words ending in "ean" are originally from Latin (Caesarean) or Greek (Euclidean). A few were later formed by adding -an to a stem or word ending in -ea (Korean), -es (Andean), or a silent -e (Boolean).

    • Derived terms

    English words suffixed with -ean
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