-ite
-ite¹
Definition
-ite (īt)
- a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Brooklynite
- a descendant from or offspring of Israelite
- an adherent of, believer in, or member of laborite
- a product, esp. a commercially manufactured one Lucite, dynamite, vulcanite
- a fossil ammonite
- a part of a body or bodily organ somite
Etymology: Fr, arbitrary alteration of -ate, -ate
a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous nitrite, sulfite- a (specified) mineral or rock anthracite, dolomite
Etymology: ME < OFr or L or Gr: OFr -ite < L -ita, -ites < Gr -itēs, fem. -itis
-ite²
Definition
-ite (īt; it)
forming adjectives, nouns, and verbs finite
Etymology: L -itus, ending of some past participles
