Etymology

-arian

Today it means: A believer in something. Full definition →

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-arian · suffix1

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.

-arian · suffix2

By surface analysis, -ari(um) + -an and -ari(a) + -an.

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