| 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. |
| -i- Used as a connective to join word elements: setiform. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, stem vowel of nouns and adjectives used in combination.] |
