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-lyte

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a combining form used in the formation of compound words that denote something subjected to a certain process (indicated by a noun ending in -lysis): electrolyte.
Origin:
< Gk lytós able to be untied or loosened, soluble, verbid of lȳ́ein to loose, dissolve; c. L luere to loose

-lyte

2 
var. of -lite.

-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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-lyte  
suff.  A substance that can be decomposed by a specified process: electrolyte.

[From Greek lutos, soluble, from lūein, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

-lite 
comb. form meaning "stone," from Fr. -lite, variant of -lithe, from Gk. lithos "stone."
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-lyte suff.
A substance that can be decomposed by a specified process: electrolyte.

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