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-ite

suffix
/-aɪt/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite From French -ite, from Old French, from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

  1. derived from -ῑ́της
  2. derived from -ītēs
  3. derived from -ite

Definitions

  1. Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine,…

    Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc.

    • Adamsite, Campbellite, Jacobite, laborite, Mansonite, Reaganite, Thatcherite

  2. Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a…

    Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure.

    • Cainite, Ephraimite, Hamite, Japhetite, Lamanite
    • There were no robbers, nor murderers, neither were there Lamanites, nor any manner of -ites; but they were in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God.

  3. Used to form demonyms.

    • Brooklynite, Delhiite, Jerusalemite, Keralite, Kilgoreite, New Jerseyite, Seattleite, Seoulite, Sydneyite, Wisconsinite, Wyomingite; also see ashramite, hostelite
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals.

      • andalusite, anorthosite, anthracite, erythrite, forsterite, graphite, hawleyite, titanite

    2. Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms.

      • ammonite, belemnite

    3. Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of the body or an organ of the body.

      • dendrite, somite

    4. Used to form nouns denoting the product of a specified process or a commercially…

      Used to form nouns denoting the product of a specified process or a commercially manufactured product.

      • Bakelite, cordite, dynamite, ebonite, metabolite, vulcanite

    5. Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids…

      Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous.

      • bromite, chlorite, iodite, phosphite, sulfite

    6. Used to form nouns for kinds, mostly from bases of Ancient Greek origin.

      • sporozoite, epizoite, troglobite, lychnobite

    7. Forms adjectives.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA