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-ite
1- a suffix of nouns denoting especially persons associated 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 ).
-ite
2- a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from adjectives, and from some verbs:
composite; opposite; erudite; requisite.
-ite
1suffix forming nouns
- a native or inhabitant of
Israelite
- a follower or advocate of; a member or supporter of a group
labourite
Luddite
- (in biology) indicating a division of a body or organ
somite
- indicating a mineral or rock
peridotite
nephrite
- indicating a commercial product
vulcanite
-ite
2suffix forming nouns
- indicating a salt or ester of an acid having a name ending in -ous
a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid
–i³Ù±ð
- A suffix used to form the names of minerals, such as hematite and malachite.
- A suffix used to form the name of a salt or ester of a specified acid whose name ends in –o³Ü²õ. Such salts or esters have one oxygen atom fewer than corresponding salts or esters with names ending in –a³Ù±ð. For example, a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid and contains the group NO 2 , while a nitrate contains NO 3 .
- Compare –a³Ù±ð
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of -ite1
Middle English < Latin -ita < Greek -¾±³Ùŧ²õ; often directly < Greek; in some words representing French -ite, German -it, etc. < Latin < Greek, as above
Origin of -ite2
< Latin -itus or -Ä«³Ù³Ü²õ past participle suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of -ite1
via Latin -ita from Greek -¾±³Ùŧ²õ or directly from Greek
Origin of -ite2
from French, arbitrary alteration of -ate 1
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