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a combination of -ite¹ and -ic, used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ite: Semitic.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

<Latin -iticus<Greek -itikos, equivalent to -it(ēs) -ite¹ + -ikos-ic; in some words representing French -itique<Latin <Greek, as above