Etymology

-aneous

Today it means: Found in adjectives from Latin. Full definition →

Latin -āneus
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  1. Latin · borrowed from-āneus
  2. English today-aneous

From Latin -āneus, with influence from -ous (from Latin -ōsus) although the two suffixes are not etymologically related.

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