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Where does “-ien” come from?

-ien (Middle French) comes from Old French -ien, from Latin -iānus, from Latin -ānus.

-ien (Middle French): -ian

Definitions

  1. -ian

Ancestry of “-ien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-ien-ian
2Latin-iānus—
3Latin-ānus—

Words derived from “-ien”

  • Bohemian
  • patrician
  • bohemian
  • optician
  • Parisienne
  • dialectician
  • Rabelaisian
  • Bohemianism
  • boho
  • Nigerien
  • bohunk
  • Maurrassian
  • patricianism
  • patricianly
  • Londonian
  • Cabochien
  • Trifluvien
  • unbohemian
  • -ienne
  • Canadien
  • laotiano
  • népérien
  • phrygien
  • rachidien
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