-ite
/-aɪt/suffix
Elementary
1
Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc.
2
Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure.
3
Used to form demonyms.
4
Used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals.
5
Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms.
6
Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of the body or an organ of the body.
7
Used to form nouns denoting the product of a specified process or a commercially manufactured product.
8
Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous.
9
Used to form nouns for kinds, mostly from bases of Ancient Greek origin.
#derogatory#rare