-ite

a suffix of nouns denoting especially persons associated with a place, tribe, leader, doctrine, system, etc. ( Campbellite; Israelite; laborite ); minerals and fossils ( ammonite; anthracite ); explosives ( cordite; dynamite ); chemical compounds, especially salts of acids whose names end in -ous ( phosphite; sulfite ); pharmaceutical and commercial products ( vulcanite ); a member or component of a part of the body ( somite ).

Compare -itis.

Origin:
Middle English < Latin -ita < Greek -itēs; often directly < Greek; in some words representing French -ite, German -it, etc. < Latin < Greek, as above

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a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from adjectives, and from some verbs: composite; opposite; erudite; requisite.

Origin:
< Latin -itus or -ītus past participle suffix

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-ite¹

—*suffix forming nouns*
1.	a native or inhabitant of: Israelite
2.	a follower or advocate of; a member or supporter of a group: Luddite; labourite
3.	(in biology) indicating a division of a body or organ: somite
4.	indicating a mineral or rock: nephrite; peridotite
5.	indicating a commercial product: vulcanite

[via Latin -ita from Greek -itēs or directly from Greek]

-ite²

—*suffix forming nouns*
	indicating a salt or ester of an acid having a name ending in -ous: a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid

[from French, arbitrary alteration of -ate¹]

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-ite ¹
suff.

A part of an organ, body, or bodily part: somite.
Product: metabolite.

-ite ²
suff.
A salt or ester of an acid named with an adjective ending in -ous: sulfite.

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-ite

A suffix used to form the names of minerals, such as hematite and malachite.
A suffix used to form the name of a salt or ester of a specified acid whose name ends in -ous. Such salts or esters have one oxygen atom fewer than corresponding salts or esters with names ending in -ate. For example, a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid and contains the group NO₂, while a nitrate contains NO₃. Compare -ate.

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