-ee
/iː/suffix
Forming nouns:
1Denoting the person affected directly or indirectly by the action of the formative verb: employee
2Denoting a person described as or concerned with: absentee
3Denoting an object of relatively smaller size: bootee
Origin
From Anglo-Norman French -é, from Latin -atus (past participial ending). Some forms are anglicized modern French nouns (e.g. refugee from réfugié).