-ia
Latin
suffix-noun
Definitions
- Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually from an adjective or a present participle stem, and occasionally from a root noun.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (nominal suffix, feminine abstract substantive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ (suffix forming a collectve noun).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-i-eh₂, *-h₂
Gloss
suffix forming a collectve noun
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ia English
- Croatia English
- Khazaria English
- magnolia English
- neverland English
- -cia Latin
- -īlia Latin
- Utopia Latin
- a- Latin
- basis Latin
- bassus Latin
- insolens Latin
- insolentia Latin
- magnolia Latin
- magnus Latin
- Ūtopia Latin
- -ien German
- -ia Italian
- abasia Italian
- -ie Dutch, Flemish
- -ij Dutch, Flemish
- -ie French
- Magnol French
- base French
- bronchoscopie French
- dramaturgie French
- uchronie French
- -ия Russian
- -ia Spanish, Castilian
- -ία Ancient Greek
- -ίᾱ Ancient Greek
- -ια Ancient Greek
- -κια Ancient Greek
- βάσις Ancient Greek
- βαίνω Ancient Greek
- οὐ Ancient Greek
- οὐτιδανός Ancient Greek
- οὔπω Ancient Greek
- οὔτις Ancient Greek
- ἀκρωμία Ancient Greek
- *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *-i-h₂, *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷémtis Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷḿ̥tis, *gʷémtis Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- basis Norwegian Bokmål
- basis Norwegian Nynorsk
- -ie Middle English
- allegori Danish
- báze Czech
- -ie Old French
- -io Esperanto
- -ija Serbo-Croatian
- baza Serbo-Croatian
- база Serbo-Croatian
- -ie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -ie Middle Dutch
- -ia Translingual
- -ija Latvian
- -io Ido
- -ei Middle High German
- -ie Middle High German
- -īe Middle High German
- בסיס Hebrew (modern)
- -ija Slovene
- -ija Lithuanian
- -ij Livonian
- *gʷə́tis Proto-Hellenic
- *oyuki Proto-Hellenic