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English word origin

Etymology of -ine

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine From Middle English -in, -ine, from Old French -in, -ine, from L

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
suffix

Of or pertaining to. · Used to form demonyms. · Used to form names of chemical substances, especially basic (alkaline) substances, alkaloidal substances, or halogen elements. · used to form vernacular nouns and adjectives relating to hominoid genera

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine From Middle English -in, -ine, from Old French -in, -ine, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos. More at -en § Etymology 4.

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  • Inherited-form mention-inenm
  • Derivation mention-infro
  • Derivation mention-īnusla
  • Derivation mention*-iHnosine-pro

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
suffix

Used to form feminine nouns. · Used to form female given names or names of titles.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From French -ine, feminine of -in; Latin -īna, feminine of -īnus. Doublet of -ina.

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  • Borrowed-form mention-inefr
  • Borrowed-form mention-īnala
  • Doublet mention-inaen
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
suffix

Found in the plural forms of a small number of English words. Not productive.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Variant of -en § Etymology 2.

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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
suffix

used to form vernacular nouns and adjectives relating to animal taxonomic subfamilies

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From taxonomic suffix -inae, ultimately from the same root as § Etymology 1.

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