Etymology Borrowed from Middle French -ide m, from Latin -idēs m (patronymic suffix; plural: -idae), from Ancient Greek -ίδης m (-ídēs, patronymic suffix; plural: -ίδαι (-ídai)).
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History, Human sciences, SciencesMorpheme Forming the names of dynasts, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning “descendant of”.
Perseus + -id → Perseid (dynast)
Solomon + -id → Solomonid
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Umayya + -(i)d → Umayyad
Genghis + -id → Genghisid
Osman + -id → Osmanid
[Ismail] Safavi + -(i)d → Safavid
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Biology, Natural sciences, TaxonomyMorpheme Forming the common names of members of a taxon which has a name ending in -idae.
protocone (“cusp of upper molars”) + -id → protoconid (“equivalent for lower molars”)
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciencesMorpheme Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources.
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Etymology Borrowed from Middle French -ide f, from Latin -is f (genitive: -idis; plural: -ides), from Ancient Greek -ῐς f (-ĭs) (genitive: -ῐδος (-ĭdos); plural: -ῐδες (-ĭdes)).
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Human sciences, Mysticism, Mythology, Philosophy, SciencesMorpheme Forming names of feminine equivalents or of feminine descendants from a masculine name.
Titan + -id → Titanid, literally “female Titan”
Nereus + -id → Nereid, literally “sprung of Nereus”
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Oceanus + -id → Oceanid, literally “sprung of Oceanus”
Perseus + -id → Perseid, literally “sprung of Perseus” (an epithet of Alcmene, grand-daughter of Perseus)
Danaus + -id → Danaid, literally “sprung of Danaus”
Astronomy, Natural sciencesMorpheme Forming common names of meteors from their apparent constellation of origin.
Perseus + -id → Perseid (meteor)
Gemini + -id → Geminid
-id
suffix
Etymology Variant of -oid.
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Morpheme of or pertaining to; appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin.