Where does “-ia” come from?

-ia (New Latin) comes from Ancient Greek -ία, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-ia (New Latin): pathological condition; Used to form a feminine...

Definitions

  1. pathological condition; Used to form a feminine...

Ancestry of “-ia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ίαAdded to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems...
2Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-ia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ία →