-ian
/ɪən/suffix
Forming adjectives and nouns such as antediluvian and Bostonian. Compare with -an.
Origin
From French -ien or Latin -ianus.
- night-flower
- night-flowering
- night-fly
- night-flyer
- night flying
- night-gear
- night-glass
- nightglow
- nightgown
- nightgowned
- night-hag
- nighthawk
- night-herd
- night-herder
- night-herding
- night heron
- night horse
- night house
- nightie
- nightie-night
- nightie-nightie
- nightingale
- nightingale floor
- Nightingale, Florence
- Nightingale ward