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-lite

 
a combining form used in the names of minerals or fossils: aerolite; chrysolite.
Also, -lyte 2 .
Compare -lith.

Origin:
< F, simplified form of -lithe < Gk líthos stone; similarly G -lit, earlier -lith
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-lite  
suff.   Stone; mineral; fossil: coprolite.


[French, alteration of -lithe, from Greek lithos, stone.]

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-lite 
comb. form meaning "stone," from Fr. -lite, variant of -lithe, from Gk. lithos "stone."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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