-aria
a suffix occurring in scientific terms of latin origin, especially in names of biological genera and groups:
filaria.
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a suffix forming personal nouns corresponding to latin adjectives ending in -ārius or english adjectives or nouns ending in -ary, (librarian; proletarian; rotarian; seminarian; s-xagenarian; veterinarian); subsequently productive in english with other latinate stems, forming nouns denoting a person who supports, advocates, or practices a doctrine, theory, or set of principles -ssociated with the base […]
- -arino
-arino related terms -erino
- -aris
a suffix occurring in scientific terms: polaris.
- -arium
a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, which often denote a location or receptacle (armarium; caldarium; solarium; vivarium). it has limited productivity in english, especially in words denoting an artificial environment for plants or animals, on the model of vivarium or herbarium: aquarium; insectarium; terrarium. compare -ary. -arium suffix indicating a place for or -ssociated […]
- -aroo
-aroo related terms -eroo