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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
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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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