-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.

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