-arian

• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən

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

1. A believer in something.
2. An advocate of something.
3. (uncommon) A native or inhabitant of somewhere.

• Most English words ending in -arian are not derived in English using this suffix. Most often -an or -ian is added to words formed in Latin using -arius or to a stem ending in "ar". For examples, see barbarian, nonagenarian, Rastafarian, Hungarian, and Trinitarian.

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

-arian

1. Used to form an adjective meaning "of or pertaining to" from nouns ending in -arium.

   ‎aquarium + ‎-arian → ‎aquarian (“of or pertaining to aquariums”)

   ‎planaria + ‎-arian → ‎planarian (“of or pertaining to planaria”)

   ‎vitellarium + ‎-arian → ‎vitellarian (“of or pertaining to vitellaria”)

• Category:English terms suffixed with -ian
• Category:English terms suffixed with -an

• Iraan, Raina, Riaan, aiRNA, airan, airna, naira