English Explanatory Dictionary

-arian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. A believer in something.
  2. An advocate of something.
  3. A native or inhabitant of somewhere.
suffix
  1. Used to form an adjective meaning "of or pertaining to" from nouns ending in -arium.

Word forms

-arian

Etymology

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.

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