-et(e) [-ete, -et]

Morpheme

-et(e) [-ete, -et]

Type

suffix

Denotation

Ancient Greek verbal adjective suffix

Etymology

Ancient Greek -ētós, -etós, -etos, from rebracketed thematic vowel -ē, -e from stem + -tós, -tos

Evidence

athetoid, athetosic, athetosis, choreoathetosis, epithet, epitheta, epitheted, epithetic, epithetical, epithetically, epitheting, epithetism, epithetize, epitheton, epithetons, epithetry, epithets, pertechnetate, technetic, technetium

Homographs

Ete, (A)ete [Aete, Ete], -et(e) [-ete, -et], -et(e) [-ete, -et], -ete, -et, -et, -et, -et