the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin, if the second element is of Latin origin: cuneiform; Frenchify.
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Meaning of -I- in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012