Morpheme
-il(e) [-ile, -il]
Type
suffix
Denotation
noun suffix, concrete noun suffix
Etymology
Latin -ila, from -ilus; Ancient Greek -ílē, from -ílos
Evidence
nautiliform, nautilite, nautiloid, strobilate, strobilated, strobilates, strobilating, strobilation, strobile, strobiliferous, strobiliform, strobiline, strobiloid, strobilopsid, strobilurin, strobilurus, trochili, trochilic, trochilics, Trochilidae, trochilidine, Trochiliformes, trochiline, trochilus, trochiluses
See Also
-ilus, -ili, -ila, -ilae, -ilaceous
Homographs
il-, il-, -(i)l(e) [-ile, -il, -le], Il(l) [Ill, Il], -(i)l(l)(e) [-il, -ill, -ille, -le], Ile, -ile
