Function: noun suffix
Etymology: from Latin -ita, -ites, from Greek -it ē s
1 a : native : resident <Brooklyn ite > b : descendant <Ephraim ite > c : adherent : follower <Jacob ite > <Pusey ite >
2 a (1) : product <metabol ite > (2) : commercially manufactured product <ebon ite > b : -ITOL <mann ite >
3 [New Latin -ites, from L] : fossil <ammon ite >
4 : mineral <erythr ite > : rock <anorthos ite >
5 [French, from Latin -ita, -ites ] : segment or constituent part of a body or of a bodily part <som ite > <dendr ite >