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Where does “-acea” come from?

-acea (Translingual) comes from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

-acea (Translingual): resembling

Definitions

  1. resembling

Ancestry of “-acea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āceus—
2Latin-āx—
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “-acea”

  • thaliacean
  • euphausiacean
  • Euphausiacea
  • Echinacea
  • Alcyonacea
  • Corbiculacea
  • Euphorbiacea
  • Thaliacea
  • Crustacea
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