-ane

Variant of -an, usually with differentiation (germane, humane, urbane), but sometimes alone (mundane).

Suffix

  1. Variant of -an, usually with differentiation (germane, humane, urbane), but sometimes alone (mundane).
  2. A saturated hydrocarbon; an alkane.
  3. A simple binary compound of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. English -ane From Latin -ānus, which forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of "belonging to" or "origin from". Doublet of English -an.

Related

-ene -yne

Derived

butane decane ethane heptane hexane methane nonane octane pentane propane alane alumane arsane astatane azane bismuthane bromane chlorane fluorane gallane germane indigane iodane oxidane