Re: [tied] -tania suffix

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 41133
Date: 2005-10-08

At 10:31:31 PM on Friday, October 7, 2005, Joao S. Lopes
wrote:

> What's the origin of the common suffix -TANIA in
> LUSITANIA, MAURETANIA and AQUITANIA ? Latin? Greek?
> Celtic?

Isn't it Latin -a:n-, forming adjectives, plus -ia:?

Brian