Etymology

-ite

Today it means: Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc. Full definition →

French -ite ← Latin -ītēs ← Ancient Greek -ῑ́της
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-ite · suffix1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived from-ῑ́της
  2. Latin · derived from-ītēs
  3. French · derived from-ite
  4. English today-ite

From French -ite, from Old French, from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

-ite · suffix2

From Latin past participles in -ītus, of verbs in -īre, -ĕre, -ēre, partly via Old French.

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