-phane
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -φανής (-phanḗs, “having a certain appearance”).
Suffix
[edit]-phane
- Appearing; visible; seeming.
Usage notes
[edit]Mainly used in naming minerals, but also some biological terms.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeh₂- (shine)
- English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English suffixes