Morpheme
-cin
Type
bound base
Denotation
suffix denoting an antibiotic substance
Etymology
from colicin; French colicine, from coli- + -cine, from by analogy from antibiotics like auréomycine, streptomycine, from myc- + -ine
Evidence
allicin, bacteriocin, bovicin, butyrivibriocin, colicin, colicinogenic, curvaticin, erwiniocin, glycinecin, halocin, mesentericin, microcin, plantaricin, reutericin, sulfolobicin, vibriocin, warnericin, weissellicin
