-ida

See also ida

Translingual

Suffix

-ida

1. (taxonomy) Used to form taxonomic names at the level of class or higher

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-iþō. Cognate to Gothic -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa), -𐌹𐌳𐌰 (-ida) as in 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 (mildiþa) and 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌹𐌳𐌰 (auþida). Cognate to Dutch -de as in liefde, vreugde. Descendant of -ida is German -de in Freude, Gemeinde. In modern German, this suffix is not productive anymore.

Suffix

-ida

1. used to form abstract nouns from adjectives

   reinida, hreinida (“cleanness”) from reini, hreini (“clean”)

   hertida (“hardness”) from hart (“hard”)