I. ˌīt, usu ˌīd.+V noun suffix
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French & Latin; Old French, from Latin -ita, -ites, from Greek -itēs (n. & adjective suffix)
1.
a. : native : inhabitant : resident
Gotham ite
Brooklyn ite
New Hampshir ite
: occupant : dweller
flat ite
trailer ite
b. : descendant : offspring
Adam ite
c.
(1) : adherent : follower : supporter
Jacob ite
: advocate
Darwin ite
: devotee
Browning ite
(2) : member of a (specified) group or organization or movement
Pusey ite
2.
a.
(1) : substance produced through some (specified) process
anabol ite
catabol ite
(2) : commercially manufactured product
ebon ite
lydd ite
vulcan ite
b. : -itol — especially in commercial names
dulc ite
3.
[New Latin -ites, from Latin]
: fossil
corall ite
filic ite
4. : mineral
erythr ite
: rock
chromit ite
5.
[French, from Latin -ita, -ites ]
: segment or constituent part of a body or of a bodily part
som ite
dendr ite
II. noun suffix
( -s )
Etymology: French, alteration of -ate (from New Latin -atum ) — more at -ate
: salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -ous
nitr ite
sulf ite