File this rumour under ‘C’ for Crazy!
Suffix
-an
- Of or pertaining to
an adjectival suffix appended to various words
often nouns
Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a, -n is used instead. Rome + -an → Roman
America + -an → American - Appended to nouns to form an agent noun
comedy + -an → comedian
history + -an → historian
