-in
suffixEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in Clipping of -ine.
- derived from -in Clipping of -ine
- derived from -in English -ineclip
- derived from -inbor
Definitions
Used, as a modification of -ine, to form the names of a variety of types of compound
Used, as a modification of -ine, to form the names of a variety of types of compound; examples include proteins (globulin), carbohydrates (dextrin), dyes (alizarin) and others (vanillin).
- albumin, casein, chitin, pepsin, saponin
Attached to a word (usually a verb) to denote a protest, demonstration or other type of…
Attached to a word (usually a verb) to denote a protest, demonstration or other type of gathering characterized by the activity denoted by the base word.
- At Stanford 380 students volunteered to give blood for military and civilian casualties in South Viet Nam: Ohio State held a similar “bleed-in.”
Alternative form of -ing.
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Alternative form of -en.
- elf + -in → elfin
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for -in. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA