Etymology

-ane

Today it means: A saturated hydrocarbon; an alkane. Full definition →

Latin -ānus
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  1. Latin · derived from-ānus
  2. English today-ane

From Latin -ānus, which forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of "belonging to" or "origin from". Doublet of English -an.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.