-i·tes I. \ˈīd.(ˌ)ēz, ˈī(ˌ)tēz\noun suffix (plural-ites) Etymology: New Latin — more at -ite I : organism or fossil like (a specified group) or from (an indicated place) — chiefly in generic names usually of fossils < Agavites > < Malayites > II. plural of -itis