-ain

Significat (Anglès)

1. (masculine, morpheme) suffix used to form noun (uppercase) demonyms
2. (masculine, morpheme) suffix used to form adjective (lowercase) demonyms
3. (masculine, morpheme) indicates the old oblique case (cas régime) of certain nouns

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɛ̃/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de francès antic: -ain

Heretat de llatí: -ānus

In summary

Inherited from Old French -ain, from Latin -ānus, whence also French -an and -ien.