-v-
Appearance
See also: Appendix: Variations of "v"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps a result of the hardening of /-u(w)iən/ (to /-uviən/); compare English Peruvian to French péruvien and Italian peruviano.
Interfix
[edit]-v-
- Used before -ian, when the base word ends in certain vowels, especially /u/.
Preposition
[edit]-v-
- Abbreviation of versus.
- Loving -v- Virginia