-itic


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-itic/ɪtɪk/
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 Fr. -itique, via L. -iticus from Gk -itikos.
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