-lyte
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- A substance that can be decomposed by a specified process:
能在…中分解的物质：一种经过特定程序可以被分解的物质：
electrolyte.
电解质
语源
- From Greek lutos [soluble]
源自 希腊语 lutos [可溶的] - from luein [to loosen] * see leu-
源自 luein [使松弛] *参见 leu-
-lyte
combining form in countable noun
indicating a substance that can be decomposed or broken down
⇒
electrolyte
Origin
from Greek lutos soluble, from luein to loose-lyte1
Word Origin
1
a combining form used in the formation of compound words that denote something subjected to a certain process (indicated by a noun ending in -lysis,):
electrolyte.
Origin
< Greek lytós able to be untied or loosened, soluble, verbid of lȳ́ein to loose, dissolve; cognate with Latin luere to loose
-lyte2
1
variant of -lite.
Related Words
- -lite
- hydrolyte
- lys-
- lytic
- tachylyte
-lytea word element denoting something subjected to a certain process (indicated by a noun ending in -lysis), as in electrolyte.
[Greek -lytos that may be or is loosed]-lyte
noun combining form
electrolyte
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY Greek lytos that may be untied, soluble, from lyein
: substance capable of undergoing (such) decompositionelectrolyte
-lyte
I.\ˌlīt, usu -īd.+V\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: Greek lytos that may be untied, soluble, verbal of lyein to loosen, dissolve — more at lose
: a substance capable of undergoing lysis (sense 2)
< electrolyte >
< hydrolyte >
II.
— see -lite
I.
< electrolyte >
< hydrolyte >
II.
— see -lite