-ia
Translingual
suffix
Definitions
- especially to form genus names when appended to the name of a person, usually a scientist or a patron.
Etymology
Derived from Latin -ia (-ness) derived from Ancient Greek -ία.
Origin
Ancient Greek
-ία
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ia English
- -ia Latin
- insolentia Latin
- -ia Italian
- -ie French
- Magnol French
- -ия Russian
- -ia Spanish, Castilian
- -ία Ancient Greek
- -ίᾱ Ancient Greek
- -ια Ancient Greek
- -κια Ancient Greek
- βάσις Ancient Greek
- οὐ Ancient Greek
- ἀκρωμία Ancient Greek
- *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- allegori Danish
- -ie Old French
- -io Esperanto
- -ija Serbo-Croatian
- -ie Middle Dutch
- -ija Latvian
- -ie Middle High German
- -ija Slovene
- -ija Lithuanian