-id
suffix ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Forming the names of dynasts, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning “descendant of”. morpheme
"Perseus + -id → Perseid (dynast)"
- 2 Forming names of feminine equivalents or of feminine descendants from a masculine name. morpheme
"Titan + -id → Titanid, literally “female Titan”"
- 3 of or pertaining to; appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin. morpheme
"arachno- + -id → arachnid"
- 4 Forming the common names of members of a taxon which has a name ending in -idae. morpheme
"A felid is a member of Felidae."
- 5 Forming the names of epic poems. morpheme
"Aeneas + -id → Aeneid"
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- 6 Forming the names of cusps of lower (mandibular) teeth. morpheme
"protocone (“cusp of upper molars”) + -id → protoconid (“equivalent for lower molars”)"
- 7 Forming common names of meteors from their apparent constellation of origin. morpheme
"Perseus + -id → Perseid (meteor)"
- 8 Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources. morpheme
Example
More examples"Perseus + -id → Perseid (dynast)"
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French -ide m, from Latin -idēs m (patronymic suffix; plural: -idae), from Ancient Greek -ίδης m (-ídēs, patronymic suffix; plural: -ίδαι (-ídai)).
Borrowed from Middle French -ide f, from Latin -is f (genitive: -idis; plural: -ides), from Ancient Greek -ῐς f (-ĭs) (genitive: -ῐδος (-ĭdos); plural: -ῐδες (-ĭdes)).
Variant of -oid.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.