Etymology

-id

Today it means: Forming the names of dynasts, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning “descendant of”. Full definition →

Middle French -ide m ← Latin -idēs m ← Ancient Greek -ίδης m
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

-id · suffix1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived from-ίδης m
  2. Latin · derived from-idēs m
  3. Middle French · borrowed from-ide m
  4. English today-id

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)).

-id · suffix2

  1. Ancient Greek · derived from-ῐς f
  2. Latin · derived from-is f
  3. Middle French · borrowed from-ide f
  4. English today-id

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)).

-id · suffix3

Variant of -oid.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.