-ite
suffixUS, UK /-ɪt/
Etymology From Latin past participles in -ītus, of verbs in -īre, -ĕre, -ēre, partly via Old French.
1
Morpheme Forms adjectives.
-ite
suffixUS, UK /-aɪt/
Etymology From French -ite, from Old French, from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
9 senses
- 1Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a…
- 2Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified…
- 3Used to form demonyms.
- 4Used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals.
- 5Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms.
- 6Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of…
- 7Used to form nouns denoting the product of a specified…
- 8Used to form names of certain chemical compounds…
- 9Used to form nouns for kinds, mostly from bases of…
1
Derogatory, Morpheme, Sometimes Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc.
- Adamsite, Campbellite, Jacobite, laborite, Mansonite, Reaganite, Thatcherite
2
Morpheme 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.1830, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, translation of original by Mormon, 4 Nephi 1:17:
- Brooklynite, Delhiite, Jerusalemite, Keralite, Kilgoreite, New Jerseyite, Seattleite, Seoulite, Sydneyite, Wisconsinite, Wyomingite; also see ashramite, hostelite
4
Morpheme Used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals.
- andalusite, anorthosite, anthracite, erythrite, forsterite, graphite, hawleyite, titanite
5
Morpheme Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms.
- ammonite, belemnite
6
Biology, Natural sciences Morpheme Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of the body or an organ of the body.
- dendrite, somite
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Morpheme Used to form nouns denoting the product of a specified process or a commercially manufactured product.
- Bakelite, cordite, dynamite, ebonite, metabolite, vulcanite
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Morpheme Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous.
- bromite, chlorite, iodite, phosphite, sulfite
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Morpheme, Rare Used to form nouns for kinds, mostly from bases of Ancient Greek origin.
- sporozoite, epizoite, troglobite, lychnobite