Where does “-ita” come from?

-ita (Czech) comes from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της, from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרָיִם.

-ita (Czech): ite forms nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc

Definitions

  1. ite forms nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc

Ancestry of “-ita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ītēsadjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to"
2Ancient Greek-ῑ́τηςbelonging to; member of; member of a group
3Biblical Hebrewאֶפְרָיִם—

Words derived from “-ita”

Every word from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרָיִם →