-ean

American

an element used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ea:

crustacean.

-ean British

suffix

a variant of -an

Caesarean

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Etymology

Origin of -ean

< Latin -ē ( us ) ( Greek -eios ), -ae ( us ) ( Greek -aios ), -e ( us ) + -an

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