-ite (used to form names of certain peoples, followers or descendants of a person, etc.)
köken: From Latin -īta, -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). Though not originally related, both ancient and modern uses of this ending often reflect the Semitic nisba suffix (whence also German -i as in Iraki, Israeli).
-ite (a follower or adherent of a given person or thing) · -ite (a descendant of a given historical person) · -ite (forms the names of natives of a given place, and adjectives referring to the place)
köken: Borrowed from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs).
Added to proper nouns, certain common nouns and postpositions to form adjectives: · names of people (anthroponyms, thus eponyms) · certain common nouns
eş: -beli
köken: Developed from earlier -é, the lative case suffix. Attested since 1193.
-ite forms nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc. · -ite forms demonyms · -ite forms rocks, minerals, or fossils
köken: Borrowed from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).