Morpheme
-in(e) [-ine, -in]
Type
suffix
Denotation
(1) adjective suffix denoting “of, pertaining to”; (2) demonymic suffix; (3) abstract noun suffix forming nouns of state, action, or institution; (4) feminine suffix; (5) diminutive suffix; (6) chemical suffix naming basic (alkaline) substances, alkaloidal substances, halogen elements, commercial materials, and various compounds (including proteins, enzymes, and carbohydrates)
Etymology
(1) Middle English -in, -ine; Old French -in, -ine; Latin -īnus; sometimes from Ancient Greek -ĭnos, -înos; (2) Middle English -in, -ine, -en; Middle French -ine; Old French -in, -ine; Latin -īna, from -īnus; (3) French -ine; Latin -īna, from -īnus; (4) Italian -ino; Latin -īnus (5) Ancient Greek -ínē, from -înos
Evidence
alethinophidia, allergin, almondine, amine, amphetamine, Argentine, asinine, avenalin, avine, biotin, bovine, bulletin, Byzantine, cefazolin, chlorine, chondroitin, Clementine, cocain, cocaine, courmarin, cytosine, dentin, determinative, determine, determiner, discipline, doctrine, elephantine, eosino-, fibrin, flagellin, fluorescein, fluorine, Francine, fuscin, gelatine, Geraldine, glassine, glycine, grenadine, hemin, heparin, heroine, hyaline, intestine, iodine, Josephine, keratin, landgravine, lecithin, leucine, Levantine, limousin, limousine, lupanine, lutein, lysin, lysine, marine, Maxine, medicine, melanin, mescaline, morphine, murine, Myxine, Myxini, nectarine, neuroligin, neutrinic, nociceptin, nummuline, opaline, orcin, papain, Pauline, Petrine, phosphine, plasticine, porphyrin, quartzine, quinine, renin, resin, rosin, routine, saccharine, saltine, seisin, serpentine, speakerine, streptomycin, tartarin, Tartarine, thymine, trochin, turpentine, tyrosine, uterine, vaccine, vicinity, violin, xanthine
Notes
-in less common than -ine
See Also
-inus, -inum, -ino, -ina, -ine, -ini, -itino
