Question

Look at the word Athenian. An Athenian is a person from Athens. What is the suffix of this word? What do you think the suffix means? List some other words that use this suffix.

Answer 1

Answer and explanation:

First, we have the word Athens. Then, we get to know that Athenian is a person from Athens. The final -s has been removed in Athens, and -ian was added. We can assume that -ian is the suffix, therefore. This suffix most likely indicates origin, a person's place of birth. Other words that use the same suffix and that indicate the origin of someone are: Parisian (Paris), Brazilian (Brazil), Italian (Italy), Argentinian (Argentine), among others.