Esperanto

Suffix

-an-

1. Root form of -ano

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto -an-, from English -an, French -en, Italian -ano, -ana, Spanish -ano, -ana, from Latin -ānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an/

Suffix

-an-

1. a person that are "a member of..."
2. an individual pertaining to a class (city, country, ensembly)

   Anglia ‎(“England”) + ‎-ano → ‎Angliano ‎(“Englishman”)

3. a person or a thing that pertain to a domain (country, society)

   Anglia ‎(“England”) + ‎-ana → ‎Angliana ‎(“English”)

   civito ‎(“city, town (as a political body)”) + ‎-ano → ‎civitano ‎(“citizen”)

Derived terms

See also

• -al-