-ana 或 -iana
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- A collection of items relating to a specified person or place:
选集，文献汇编：多用于专有人名、地名后：
Americana.
美国（或美洲）史料
语源
- New Latin -āna
现代拉丁语 -āna - from Latin -āna [neuter pl. of] -ānus [adj. and n. suff.] * see -an 1
源自 拉丁语 -āna [] -ānus的中性复数 [形容词和名词后缀] *参见 -an1
-ana or -iana
suffix forming nouns
denoting a collection of objects or information relating to a particular individual, subject, or place
⇒
Shakespeareana
⇒
Victoriana
⇒
Americana
Origin
New Latin, from Latin -āna, literally: matters relating to, neuter plural of -ānus; see -an-ana
Word Origin
1
a suffix that forms collective nouns denoting an assembly of items, as household objects, art, books, or maps, or a description of such items, as a bibliography, all of which are representative of or associated with the place, person, or period named by the stem:
Americana; Shakespeareana; Victoriana.
Also, -iana.
Origin
< Latin, neuter plural of -ānus -an
Related Words
- -iana
- Africana
- Americana
- fistiana
- Shakespeareana
- Victoriana
-anaa noun suffix denoting a collection of material relating to a given subject, as in Americana, Shakespeariana, Kellyana.
Also, -iana. [Latin, neuter plural of -ānus -an]
-ana
noun plural suffix
or -iana
Americana
noun plural suffix
or -iana
ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of -anus -an & -ianus -ian
: collected items of information especially anecdotal or bibliographical concerningAmericana
-ana
suffix
- (forming plural nouns) denoting things associated with a person, place, or field of interest［构成复数名词］表示“和人物（或地方、关注领域）有关之事的辑录”：
-
Americana
Victoriana.
词源
from Latin， neuter plural of -anus, adjectival ending.
-ana
or ana, word-forming element denoting "collection of sayings, gossip, etc. connected with a person or place," early 18c., originally the neuter plural ending of Latin adjectives ending in -anus "pertaining to," from PIE adjectival suffix *-no-.
ORIGIN: Latin , neut. pl. ending of adjectives in -anus : see -an 1
☞ ana
-ana
\ˈanə, ˈä-, ˈȧ- also ˈā-\ noun plural suffix
or -i·ana\ēˈ-\
Etymology: New Latin, collected quotations from, from Latin, neuter plural of -anus -an & -ianus -ian
: collected items of information especially anecdotal or bibliographical concerning
< Americana >
< Johnsoniana >
< Burnsiana >
< collegiana >
— chiefly in derivatives from personal names and place names
or -i·ana
< Americana >
< Johnsoniana >
< Burnsiana >
< collegiana >
— chiefly in derivatives from personal names and place names
-ana-iana
Suffix
- a collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, etc.
Etymology
From Latin -āna (neuter plural of -ānus).
Usage notes
All the formations from this suffix are pluralia tantum.
Synonyms
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -ana