-ano
Meaning
forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of, from or related to the suffixed noun”; -an
Synonyms
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɐ̃.nu/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ano, a learned borrowing from Latin -ānus, from -nus, from Proto-Italic *-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós. Doublet of -ão.
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