-an
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-an
▶suffix
- 1 forming adjectives and nouns, especially from.
■ names of places: Cuban.
■ names of systems: Anglican.
■ names of zoological classes or orders: crustacean.
■ names of founders: Lutheran.
- 2 Chemistry forming names of organic compounds, chiefly polysaccharides: dextran.
– origin from L. -anus, -ana, -anum.
'-an' also found in these Oxford entries:
A
- a
- a-
- aargh
- ab
- abalone
- abandon
- abbacy
- abbatial
- abbé
- abbess
- abbey
- abbot
- ABC
- abdomen
- abdominal
- abeam
- abelia
- aberrant
- aberration
- abeyance
- abject
- abjure
- ablative
- ablution
- Abnaki
- Abo
- abolish
- aboriginal
- aborigine
- abort
- abortifacient
- abortion
- abortive
- above
- abrasive
- abscess
- absolute
- absorb
- absorbent
- abstention
- abstract
- abstraction
- abulia
- abuse
- abutment
- abutter
- abysm
- academic
- academician
