-ine
English
/-aɪn/
suffix
Definitions
- (chiefly) Of or pertaining to.
- (chemistry)
- (non-productive)
- (non-productive)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English -ine borrowed from Old French -ine derived from Latin -īnus (-ine, -an, of pertaining to, -like, pertaining to) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos (suffix forming adjectives).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-iHnos
Gloss
suffix forming adjectives
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deoxyepinephrine English
- epinephrine English
- norepinephrine English
- racepinephrine English
- -īnus Latin
- belluīnus Latin
- -ino Italian
- -in French
- -ino Spanish, Castilian
- -ινος Ancient Greek
- πρωτεῖος Ancient Greek
- ἐπί Ancient Greek
- *-iHnos Proto-Indo-European
- *-tn̥nós Proto-Indo-European
- *-īnaz Proto-Germanic
- -ine Middle English
- -ine Old French
- -այն Old Armenian
- -ỹo Old Portuguese
- *-īnos Proto-Celtic
- *-iHnas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *-īnos Proto-Italic
- -inis Lithuanian
- -ìn Ligurian