-ite

1. Native or resident of: New Jerseyite.
2. 1. Descendant of: Levite.
   2. Adherent or follower of: Luddite.
3. A part of an organ, body, or bodily part: somite.
4. 1. Rock; mineral: graphite.
   2. Fossil: trilobite.
5. 1. Product: metabolite.
   2. A commercial product: ebonite.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -ītēs, -īta, from Greek -ītēs.]

[Alteration of -ATE².]

1. A part of an organ, body, or bodily part: somite.
2. Product: metabolite.

A salt or ester of an acid named with an adjective ending in -ous: sulfite.