-id

Morpheme

-id

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix denoting “belonging to, connected with, member of a group or class”

Etymology

Latin -oīdēs; Ancient Greek -oeidēs, from eîdos

Evidence

android, anthropoid, anthropozoid, asteroid, cuboid, cystid, diploid, haploid, hemorrhoid, humanoid, -oid, ovoid, ovuloid, paranoid, plasmoid, spheroid, zoid

See Also

-ode, (E)Ide [Eide, Ide]

Homographs

-id, -id, -id, -id(e) [-ide, -id]