-arian
后缀
英文释义
后缀
- A believer in something.
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Used to form an adjective meaning "of or pertaining to" from nouns ending in -arium.
— aquarium + -arian → aquarian (“of or pertaining to aquariums”)
- An advocate of something.
- A native or inhabitant of somewhere.
词源
词源 1
Back-formation from various words ending in “arian”, some directly derived from Classical or Medieval Latin words ending in -arius by adding -an to the stem, other indirectly via Old French words ending in "arien(ne)" or "erien(ne)" or from English words ending in “ary” to which -an was suffixed; note the same phenomenon in -ary. Equivalent to -ary + -an.
词源 2
By surface analysis, -ari(um) + -an and -ari(a) + -an.
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