Ian
[ ee-uhn, ee-ahn, ahy-uhn ]
/ ˈi ən, ˈi ɑn, ˈaɪ ən /
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noun
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
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-ian
a suffix with the same meaning and properties as -an, though-ian is now the more productive of the two suffixes in recent coinages, especially when the base noun ends in a consonant: Orwellian; Washingtonian.
Origin of -ian
Extracted from Latin loanwords in which -ānus (adjective suffix) is joined to stems ending in i; see -an
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Word Origin for -ian
from Latin -iānus
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