-itic

suffix forming adjectives and nouns corresponding to nouns in -ite, -itis, etc. (Semitic; arthritic; syphilitic).
Etymology: from or after F -itique f. L -iticus f. Gk -itikos: see -IC

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\\|id.]ik, |it], ]ēk\ adjective suffix

Etymology: French -itique, from Middle French, from Latin iticus, from Greek -itikos, from -itis (n. & adjective suffix) + -ikos -ic

: of, resembling, or marked by — in adjectives formed from nouns usually ending in -ite

dendritic

and -itis

bronchitic

and sometimes from other nouns

dactylitic

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a combination of -ite¹ and -ic, used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ite: Semitic.

[ < L -iticus < Gk -itikos, equiv. to -it(es) -ITE¹ + -ikos -IC; in some words repr. F -itique < L < Gk, as above]

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suffix forming adjectives and nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -ite (such as Semitic corresponding to Semite)

■ corresponding to nouns ending in -itis (such as arthritic corresponding to arthritis)

■ from other bases

syphilitic

Origin:

from French -itique, via Latin -iticus from Greek -itikos