English Explanatory Dictionary

-lyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Word-forming element used in making nouns corresponding to nouns in -lysis and adjectives in -lytic.

Word forms

-lyte

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λυτός (lutós, “loosed”), verbal adjective of λύειν (lúein, “to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie”).

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