-ain
French
suffix
Etymology
Inherited from Old French -ain inherited from Latin -ānus (-an, of pertaining to, of n-g, -ian, suffix meaning of pertaining to).
Origin
Latin
-ānus
Gloss
-an, of pertaining to, of n-g, -ian, suffix meaning of pertaining to
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -an English
- -ane English
- -ean English
- saurian English
- -anus Latin
- -ianus Latin
- -ānus Latin
- dialecticus Latin
- -en French
- -ien French
- bourbonien French
- -ano Spanish, Castilian
- -iano Spanish, Castilian
- *-nós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃érsos Proto-Indo-European
- -ano Portuguese
- *slup- Proto-Germanic
- -anar Norwegian Nynorsk
- -an Middle English
- -ain Old French
- -an- Esperanto
- -ien Middle French