-ite
a suffix of nouns denoting especially persons -ssociated with a place, tribe, leader, doctrine, system, etc. (campbellite; israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, especially salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite).
-ite2
a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from adjectives, and from some verbs:
composite; opposite; erudite; requisite.
origin
-ite1
suffix
a native or inhabitant of israelite
a follower or advocate of; a member or supporter of a group luddite, labourite
(in biology) indicating a division of a body or organ somite
indicating a mineral or rock nephrite, peridot-te
indicating a commercial product vulcanite
word origin
-ite2
suffix
indicating a salt or ester of an acid having a name ending in -ous a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid
word origin
-ite 1
suff.
a part of an organ, body, or bodily part: somite.
product: metabolite.
-ite 2
suff.
a salt or ester of an acid named with an adjective ending in -ous: sulfite.
-ite
a suffix used to form the names of minerals, such as hemat-te and malachite.
a suffix used to form the name of a salt or ester of a specified acid whose name ends in -ous. such salts or esters have one oxygen atom fewer than corresponding salts or esters with names ending in -ate. for example, a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid and contains the group no2, while a nitrate contains no3. compare -ate.
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- -itic
a combination of -ite1. and -ic, used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ite: semitic.
- -ition
a compound suffix of nouns, being -tion with a preceding original or formative vowel, or, in other words, a combination of -ite2. and -ion: expedition; extradition.
- -itious
a compound suffix occurring in adjectives of latin origin (advent-tious) and with adjectives, formed in latin or english, -ssociated with nouns ending in -ition (ambitious; expeditious). compare -ite2 , -ous. -itious suffix having the nature of; characterized by nutritious, suppositious word origin
- -itis
a suffix used in pathological terms that denote inflammation of an organ (bronchitis; gastritis; neuritis) and hence, in extended senses, nouns denoting abnormal states or conditions, excesses, tendencies, obsessions, etc. (telephonitis; baseballitis). -itis suffix indicating inflammation of a specified part tonsillitis (informal) indicating a preoccupation with or imaginary condition of illness caused by computeritis, telephonitis […]
- -itive
a suffix occurring in substantives of latin origin: definitive; fugitive.