-ite en · X · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /-aɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite From French -ite, from Old French, from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Meanings
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(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
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(morpheme) Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure.
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:Cainite, Ephraimite, Hamite, Japhetite, Lamanite
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(India, US, morpheme) Used to form demonyms.
Brooklynite, Delhiite, Jerusalemite, Keralite, Kilgoreite, New Jerseyite, Seattleite, Seoulite, Sydneyite, Wisconsinite, Wyomingite; also see ashramite, hostelite
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(morpheme) Used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals.
andalusite, anorthosite, anthracite, erythrite, forsterite, graphite, hawleyite, titanite
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(morpheme) Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms.
ammonite, belemnite
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(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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(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
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| -ites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Descendants
Translations (84)
uz -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · ia -ite (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · ca -ita (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · ca -it (a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous) · pt -ite (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · sl -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · pl -yt (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · cmn 礦 /矿 (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · fi -iitti (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · pl -anin (a descendant of a specified historical person) · nb -itt (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · ia -ita (a native or resident of a specified place) · es -ito (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · es -ita (part of the body or part of an organ of the body) · af -iet (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · sh -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · be -ыт (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · pt -ita (a native or resident of a specified place) · el -ίτης (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · tr -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · lv -īts (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · fr -ite (a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous) · mi pākati (a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous) · ko 석 (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · es -ita (a follower or adherent of a specified person) · es -ita (a native or resident of a specified place) · sv -it (a follower or adherent of a specified person) · id -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · es -ita (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · pt -ita (a follower or adherent of a specified person) · ru -ин (a native or resident of a specified place) · eo -ito (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · pt -ista (a follower or adherent of a specified person) · cs -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · pt -ito (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · ru -истка (a follower or adherent of a specified person) · he ־יט (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · pl -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · ia -ita (a follower or adherent of a specified person) · cmn 石 (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · fr -ite (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · pt -ita (a descendant of a specified historical person) · gl -ita (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · ru -ист (a follower or adherent of a specified person) · nl -iet (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · hu -i (a native or resident of a specified place) · he ־ִי (a native or resident of a specified place) · pl -in (a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous) · tr -li (a native or resident of a specified place) · pt -ita (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · es -ito (a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous) · fi -iitti (part of the body or part of an organ of the body) · lt -itas (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · bg -ит (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · sv -it (a native or resident of a specified place) · fa -یت (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · ro -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · pl -yn (a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous) · hu -ita (a descendant of a specified historical person) · nn -itt (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · fi -lainen (a follower or adherent of a specified person) · ia -ita (a descendant of a specified historical person) · ja 砿 (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · he ־ִי (a follower or adherent of a specified person) · ia -ite (a follower or adherent of a specified person) · sh -ит (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · sv -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · ga -ít (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · uk -ит (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · ru -ит (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · de -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · az -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · fi -lainen (a native or resident of a specified place) · pl -ita (a descendant of a specified historical person) · sk -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · fi -iitti (a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous) · hu -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · fi -lainen (a descendant of a specified historical person) · he ־ִי (a descendant of a specified historical person) · hu -it (a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous) · kl -mioq (a native or resident of a specified place) · et -iit (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · ja 石 (used to form names of minerals and rocks) · da -it (used to form names of minerals and rocks)