-itic
adjective suffix
-it·ic
¦it|ik,
¦it|,
|ēk
: of, resembling, or marked by —in adjectives formed from nouns usually ending in -ite
dendritic
and -itis bronchitic
and sometimes from other nouns dactylitic
Word History
Etymology
French -itique, from Middle French, from Latin iticus, from Greek -itikos, from -itis (noun & adjective suffix) + -ikos -ic