IA Definition
ēə, yə
abbreviation
Iowa.
Webster's New World
suffix
Disease; pathological or abnormal condition.
Anoxia.
American Heritage
Territory; country.
Australia.
American Heritage
Things derived from, relating to, or belonging to.
Personalia.
American Heritage
affix
Name of a country.
India.
Webster's New World
Name of a disease.
Pneumonia.
Webster's New World
Name of an ancient Greek or Roman festival.
Lupercalia.
Webster's New World
Any of certain words formed in Greek or Latin and carried over into English.
Militia.
Webster's New World
The English plural of any of certain Greek or Latin words.
Paraphernalia.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A taxonomic genus within the family Vespertilionidae — now having only two species of bats.
Wiktionary
Origin of IA
for 1, 2, 7 (& sometimes 4), L -ia & Gr -ia < -i-, thematic vowel + -a, noun suffix of 1st declension; for 3, 5, 6 (& sometimes 4), L -ia & Gr -ia, neut. pl. ending of L nouns in -ium & Gr nouns in -ion; -i-, thematic vowel + -a, suffix
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
Latin neuter pl. of -ius and Greek neuter pl. of -ios n. and adj. suffixes
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
New Latin from Latin -ia Greek -iā n. suff
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
