Morpheme
-ine
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix, demonymic suffix, chemical suffix
Etymology
Middle English -in, -ine; Old French -in, -ine; Latin -īnus
Evidence
almondine, amine, Argentine, asinine, avine, bovine, Byzantine, chlorine, determiner, doctrine, elephantine, fluorine, gelatine, glassine, glycine, iodine, leucine, Levantine, marine, Maxine, mescaline, morphine, murine, nectarine, opaline, Petrine, phosphine, plasticine, quartzine, routine, saccharine, saltine, serpentine, terminus, thymine, uterine, xanthine
