Where does “poriferan” come from?

poriferan (English) comes from English -án, from Middle English -an.

poriferan (English): Any sponge of the phylum Porifera

Definitions

  1. Any sponge of the phylum Porifera

Ancestry of “poriferan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
2Middle English-an—
Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →