Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗suffix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorya collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, theme, etc.
From Latin -ica, neuter plural of -icus. Note that etymologically this is not -ic + -a (“(plural ending)”), as -ic is the English form, having dropped the -um, though adding an -a to an English word ending in -ic does produce a superficial etymologically.
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- Borrowed-form mention-icala
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