Where does “-ana” come from?

-ana (Latin) comes from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

-ana (Latin): inflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative...

Definitions

  1. inflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative...

Ancestry of “-ana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
2Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
3Proto-Italic*-om
4Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

Words derived from “-ana

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom