-ite
1 of 2noun suffix (1)
1
a
: native : resident
Brooklynite
b
: descendant
Ephraimite
c
: adherent : follower
Jacobite
Puseyite
2
a(1)
: product
metabolite
(2)
: commercially manufactured product
ebonite
b
: -itol
mannite
3
[New Latin -ites, from Latin] : fossil
ammonite
4
: mineral
erythrite
: rock anorthosite
5
[French, from Latin -ita, -ites] : segment or constituent part of a body or of a bodily part
somite
dendrite
-ite
2 of 2noun suffix (2)
: salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -ous
nitrite
Word History
Etymology
Noun suffix (1)
from Latin -ita, -ites, from Greek -itēs
Noun suffix (2)
French, alteration of -ate -ate, from New Latin -atum
Kids Definition
-ite
noun suffix
ˌīt
1
: native : resident
2
: descendant
3
: adherent : follower