-an-
Esperanto
Suffix
-an-
- Root form of -ano
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto -an-, from English -an, French -en, Italian -ano, -ana, Spanish -ano, -ana, from Latin -ānus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /an/
Suffix
-an-
- a person that are "a member of..."
- an individual pertaining to a class (city, country, ensembly)
- Anglia (“England”) + -ano → Angliano (“Englishman”)
- a person or a thing that pertain to a domain (country, society)
- Anglia (“England”) + -ana → Angliana (“English”)
- civito (“city, town (as a political body)”) + -ano → civitano (“citizen”)
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ido_words_suffixed_with_-an-' title='Category:Ido words suffixed with -an-'>Ido words suffixed with -an-</a>
See also
- -al-