Morpheme
-in(e) [-ine, -in]
Type
suffix
Denotation
(1) adjective suffix; (2) demonymic suffix; (3) abstract noun suffix forming nouns of state, action, or institution; (4) feminine suffix; (5) chemical suffix naming basic (alkaline) substances, alkaloidal substances, halogen elements, commercial materials
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
Evidence
alethinophidia, almondine, amine, amphetamine, Argentine, asinine, avine, bovine, Byzantine, cocain, cocaine, chlorine, Clementine, determinative, determine, determiner, discipline, doctrine, elephantine, fluorine, Francine, gelatine, Geraldine, glassine, glycine, grenadine, heroine, hyaline, iodine, Josephine, landgravine, leucine, Levantine, lupanine, marine, Maxine, medicine, mescaline, morphine, murine, nectarine, opaline, Pauline, Petrine, phosphine, plasticine, quartzine, quinine, routine, saccharine, saltine, seisin, serpentine, speakerine, thymine, tyrosine, uterine, vaccine, xanthine
Notes
rarely surfaces as -in
