-mine

Morpheme

-mine

Type

suffix

Denotation

Latin noun suffix denoting “means, instrument, or result”

Etymology

Latin -minis, from -men

Evidence

acuminate, acumination, acuminose, acuminous, bituminate, bituminiferous, bituminise, bituminize, bituminoid, bituminous, ceruminal, ceruminoma, ceruminomata, ceruminosis, ceruminous, ceruminously, Fluminicola, Fluminimaggiore, fluminous, luminal, lumine, luminescence, luminescent, luminosity, luminous, luminously, luminousness, -minal, -minate, -minise, -minism, -minize, -minoid, -minoma, -minomata, -minosis, -minous, moliminal, moliminous, numinal, numinism, numinosity, numinous, numinously, numinousness, paleofluminology, regiminal, tegminalthermoluminescence, transilluminate, transluminal, triboluminescence

See Also

-men, -mina, -amine