[1905–10; ‹ NL ‹ Gk ákapn(os) smokeless (a- a-6 + kapnós smoke) + -ia -ia; NL sense from the fact that smoke contains carbon dioxide]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Expressionism, cadre, persona, revolving door, scrounge-ia is a noun suffix having restricted application in various fields, as in names ofdiseases (malaria; anemia), place names (Italia; Romania), names of Roman feasts (Lupercalia), Latin or Latinizing plurals (Amphibia; insignia; Reptilia), and in other loanwords from Latin (militia)