-ané

Appendix:Variations of "ane" French Alternative forms fr -anée<g:mf> obsolete Etymology fr :inh frm:-ané + fr frm -ané, from fr la -āneus (from 1 la -ānus -eus), whence also fr -ain<id:-aneous> 1. In modern French, only words descending from Latin borrowings of Greek origin ending in the suffixes la -ēus borrowing/la -ēum borrowing, la -aeus/la -aeum (and exceptionally la -ius/la -ium, as in fr élysée/fr Élysée) are written with fr -ée in the masculine. Words descending from Latin words in la -āneus are now written with the ending fr -ané. The first four editions of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française spelled these words with fr -anée before adopting the current spelling in the fifth edition. Pronunciation Suffix -aneous fr méditerrané mediterraneous fr momentané momentaneous fr spontané spontaneous fr instantané instantaneous fr succédané succedaneous Middle French Alternative forms frm -anee<g:mf> Etymology frm :uder la:-āneus + From frm la -āneus (from 1 la -ānus -eus), whence also frm -ain<id:-aneous> 1. Suffix -aneous frm mediterrané mediterraneous Descendants fr -ané