-an-
Ido
/an/
suffix
Definitions
- a person that are "a member of..."
- an individual pertaining to a class (city, country, ensembly)
- a person or a thing that pertain to a domain (country, society)
Etymology
Derived from Esperanto -an- derived from English -an (forming adjectives) derived from French -en derived from Italian -ano (-an, -ian, of pertaining to) derived from Spanish, Castilian -ano derived 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