"adonite" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Translingual Adonis Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)bor. Latin -ītēslbor. Latin -ītislbor. French -iteder. English -ite English adonite From Translingual Adonis + English -ite. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mul:Adonis|-ite|text=1|tree=1}} Etymology tree Translingual Adonis Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)bor. Latin -ītēslbor. Latin -ītislbor. French -iteder. English -ite English adonite [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "demonym", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-της", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῑ́της", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ītēs", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ītis", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "adonite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="adonite"> From Translingual Adonis + English -ite., {{ety|en|:af|mul:Adonis|-ite|text=1|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔadan-der.? Proto-West Semitic *ʔadān- Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾdn)bor.? Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis)bor. Latin Adōnisbor. Translingual Adonis Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)bor. Latin -ītēslbor. ▲ Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs) Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. Latin -ītislbor. French -iteder. English -ite English adonite From Translingual Adonis + English -ite. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} adonite (uncountable)
  1. (archaic) A pentitol found naturally in Adonis vernalis, used as a sweetener. Tags: archaic, uncountable Synonyms: adonitol, ribitol
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