Meanings
-arian1
- A believer in something.
- An advocate of something.
- uncommonA native or inhabitant of somewhere.
-arian2
- Used to form an adjective meaning "of or pertaining to" from nouns ending in -arium.
aquarium + -arian → aquarian (“of or pertaining to aquariums”)
2 more examples
planaria + -arian → planarian (“of or pertaining to planaria”)
vitellarium + -arian → vitellarian (“of or pertaining to vitellaria”)
Origin
-arian · suffix
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.
Full word history & related roots →-arian · suffix
By surface analysis, -ari(um) + -an and -ari(a) + -an.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Hindi -वादी, -वादी
- -वादी (-vādī)a believer in
- -वादी (-vādī)an advocate of something
Italian -ario
- -arioa believer in
Portuguese -ário, -ário
- -árioa believer in
- -árioan advocate of something
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with -arian
Cite this entry
-arian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-arian
“-arian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-arian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-arian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-arian.
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