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-an 1
suff.（后缀）
  1. Of, relating to, or resembling:
    的，有关的，类似的：
    brachyuran.
    短尾亚目
  2. One relating to, belonging to, or resembling:
    …人：关于、属于或类似的人：
    librarian.
    图书馆管理员

语源
  1. Middle English
    中古英语
  2. from Old French
    源自 古法语
  3. from Latin -ānus [adj. and n. suff]
    源自 拉丁语 -ānus [形容词和名词后缀]
-an 2
suff.（后缀）
  1. Unsaturated carbon compound:
    不饱和碳化物：
    urethan.
    氨基甲酸酯
  2. Anhydride of a carbohydrate:
    碳水化合物的酐类：
    dextran.
    葡聚糖

语源
  1. Alteration of -ane
    -ane的变化
-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

-an

Word Origin
1
a suffix occurring originally in adjectives borrowed from Latin, formed from nouns denoting places (Roman; urban) or persons (Augustan), and now productively forming English adjectives by extension of the Latin pattern. Attached to geographic names, it denotes provenance or membership (American; Chicagoan; Tibetan), the latter sense now extended to membership in social classes, religious denominations, etc., in adjectives formed from various kinds of noun bases (Episcopalian; pedestrian; Puritan; Republican) and membership in zoological taxa (acanthocephalan; crustacean). Attached to personal names, it has the additional senses “contemporary with” (Elizabethan; Jacobean) or “proponent of” (Hegelian; Freudian) the person specified by the noun base. The suffix -an, and its variant -ian also occurs in a set of personal nouns, mainly loanwords from French, denoting one who engages in, practices, or works with the referent of the base noun (comedian; grammarian; historian; theologian); this usage is especially productive with nouns ending in -ic, (electrician; logician; technician). See -ian for relative distribution with that suffix.
Compare -enne, -ean, -arian, -ician.
Origin
Middle English < Latin -ānus, -āna, -ānum; in some words replacing -ain, -en < Old French < Latin
-ana suffix meaning:
1. 'belonging to', 'relating to', 'adhering to', and commonly expressing connection with a place, person, leader, class, order, sect, system, doctrine, or the like, serving to form adjectives, many of which are also used as nouns, as Australian, Christian, Elizabethan, republican, and hence serving to form other nouns of the same type, as historian, theologian.
2. Zoology 'relating to a certain class of organisms', as in mammalian.
[Latin -ānus; replacing Middle English -ain, -en, from Old French]
-an
I
noun suffix
or -ian also -ean
 ETYMOLOGY  -an & -ian from Middle English -an, -ian, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French -ien, from Latin -ianus, from -i- + -anus, from -anus, adjective suffix; -ean from such words as Mediterranean, European
1. one that is of or relating to
    American
    Bostonian
2. one skilled in or specializing in
    phonetician

II
adjective suffix
or -ian also -ean
1. of or belonging to
    American
    Floridian
2. characteristic of : resembling
    Mozartean

III
noun suffix
 ETYMOLOGY  International Scientific Vocabulary -an, -ane, alteration of -ene, -ine, & -one
1. unsaturated organic compound
    furan
2. anhydride of a carbohydrate
    dextran
-an
suffix
1.
/ən/  
forming adjectives and nouns, especially from
［构成形容词和名词, 尤由这几类词构成］：
■  names of places
地名：

Cuban.

■  names of systems
体制名：

Anglican.

■  names of zoological classes or orders
动物纲（或目）：

crustacean.

■  names of founders
创始者名：

Lutheran.

2.
/æn/  
Chemistry forming names of organic compounds, chiefly polysaccharides
【化】［构成有机化合物名称, 主要指多聚糖类］：

dextran.

词源
from Latin -anus, -ana, -anum.
-an, suffixI. Derivative.1. repr. L. -ānus, -āna, -ānum ‘of, or belonging to’; as castellān-us, oppidān-us, pāgān-us, urbān-us, silvān-us, Africān-us, Rōmān-us, Sullān-us, Justiniān-us. In OFr. this became -ain, or (after i) -en, as chastelain, Romain, payen, Italien; and so originally adopted in ME., but subseq. refashioned after L. as -an, and so in all words formed in Eng. direct, or adopted from the mod. langs. (It. Sp. Pg. -ano, Fr. -ain, -en.). Esp. added to proper names; ‘belonging to a place’ as American, Chilean, Russian, Oxonian; ‘following a founder,’ as Arminian, Lutheran, Muhammadan, Linnæan, or ‘a system,’ as Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Anglican, Gallican; and, in Zoology, to names of divisions, ‘belonging to a class or order,’ as mammalian, reptilian, crustacean, arachnidan, acalephan. Primarily these are all adjs., but as in L. etc., all may be used subst., and with some this is the more frequent use. The zoological words supply singulars to the collective plurals in -a, as a crustacean = a member of the Crustacea. Already in L. this termination was often added to others, to -i-us so commonly that -iānus, -ian, is in use merely a euphonic variety of -an; cf. Corinth-i-an, Rom-an, Christ-i-an, Muhammad-an.2. in Chem. for -ane, arbitrary ending proposed by Davy for names of chlorides containing one atom of chlorine, as in azotan obs. In some words -an is a meaningless formative as allox-an.† II. Inflexional.1. In OE., ending of oblique cases, and nom. pl. of weak declension. Both became in ME. -en, now rarely preserved in pl., as ox-en:—OE. ox-an. Hence (dat. or loc. sing.) in advb. or prep. forms like ut-an, abut-an, befor-an, ME. uten, abuten, and ute, abute. Now obs.2. In OE., ending of pres. inf. of vbs., levelled in ME. to -en, -e, and now lost, as OE. writ-an, send-an; ME. writ-e(n, send-e(n; mod. write, send.
-an
word-forming element meaning "pertaining to," from Latin -anus, in some cases via French -ain, -en.
-an

[Noun] person:
artisan, guardian, historian, magician
-an /in sense 1 (ə)n, in sense 2 -an/ suffix.
1.Repr. Latin -anus, -na, -num of or belonging to, as urban, sylvan, directly, or indirectly through French -ain(e) later refash. A productive suffix, forming adjectives (often used as nouns), esp. from names of places (as American, Chilean), systems (as Anglican), zoological classes or orders (as crustacean), and founders (as Lutheran). Already in Latin added so commonly to -ius, forming -ianus, that -ian is in use merely a euphonic var. of -an (as Russian, Presbyterian, crocodilian, Christian).
2.[German: cf. -ane.] Chemistry. Used more or less arbitrarily to form names of organic compounds, esp. polysaccharides (as dextran etc.).
☞ an
-an
I. noun suffix
or -ian also -ean
(-s)
Etymology: -an & -ian from Middle English -an, -ian, -ien, from Old French & Latin; Old French -ien, from Latin -ianus, from -i- + -anus, from -anus, adjective suffix; -ean from such words as Mediterranean, European
1. : one that is of or belonging to
 < American >
 < Bostonian >
2. : one skilled in or specializing in — especially in derivatives from nouns ending in -ic or -ics, in the latter case with loss of -s
 < dialectician >
 < phonetician >
 < statistician >
3. : one belonging to a (specified) zoological group
 < crustacean >
 < mammalian >
 < crocodilian >
II. adjective suffix
or -ian also -ean
Etymology: -an & -ian from Middle English -an, -ian, -ien, from Old French & Latin; Old French -ien, from Latin -ianus, from -i- + -anus; -ean from such words as Mediterranean, European
1. : of or belonging to
 < American >
 < Floridian >
 < Wesleyan >
2. : characteristic of : resembling
 < Mozartean >
 < Shavian >
3. : of or belonging to a (specified) geologic period, epoch, or series
 < Cambrian >
III. noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary -an, -ane, alteration of -ene, -ine, & -one
1. : unsaturated carbon compound
 < tolan C6H5C≡CC6H5 >
 < urethan >
— especially in names of heterocyclic compounds
 < furan >
 < alloxan >
— compare -ane
2.
 a. : anhydride representing a polymer of a carbohydrate — usually replacing final -ose of the carbohydrate name
  < xylan >
  < dextran >
 less often replacing final -e
  < pentosan >
 b. : intramolecular anhydride of a carbohydrate — replacing final -e of the carbohydrate name
  < β-glucosan >

-an
  • -ian, -n

    • Suffix

    1. Of or pertaining to; an adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. (Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a, -n is used instead.)
      Rome : Roman
    2. Appended to nouns to form an agent noun. (When males with a profession are distinguished from females, males are -an, females -(i)enne.)
      comedian, from comedy + -an
      historian, from history + -an

    Etymology

    From Latin -ānus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun.

    Synonyms

  • (adjective-forming suffix): -al, -ar, -ese, -esque, -ic, -id, -ish, -like, -oid, -ous, -y

    • 后缀：-an ①[形容词后缀]

    表示属于...的、属于某地方的。带此后缀的形容词有的兼作名词，表示某地的人

    amphibian 水陆两栖的

    European 欧洲的，欧洲人

    urban 城市的

    American 美洲的，美洲人，美国人

    suburban 郊区的

    repubilican 共和国的

    African 非洲的，非洲人

    Roman 罗马的，罗马人

    Chilian 智利的，智利人

    后缀：-an ②[名词后缀]

    表示人

    partisan 同党人

    Spartan 斯巴达人

    artisan 技工，手艺人

    Mohammedan 回教徒，伊斯兰教徒

    Puritan 清教徒

    Elizabethan 伊丽莎白女王时代的人

    castellan 城堡主，寨主

    词根词缀：-an

    【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; indicating a person who specializes in something

    【同源单词】herbarian, librarian, logician, mercenarian, pedestrian, pyrotechnian
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