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Words that you add ites to the end of word?

You're thinking about the suffix "-ites". It's used to form nouns, often with these meanings:

* Followers of a person or doctrine:

* Buddhists (followers of Buddha)

* Marxists (followers of Karl Marx)

* Darwinites (followers of Charles Darwin)

* People from a place:

* Athenians (people from Athens)

* Egyptians (people from Egypt)

* Londonites (people from London)

* Objects or things relating to a specific place or field:

* Satellites (objects orbiting a planet)

* Meteorites (rocks from outer space)

* Carbonites (a mineral type containing carbon)

* Groups of people or things:

* Astronaughts (people traveling in space)

* Arachnids (a group of eight-legged animals)

* Amphibians (a group of animals living on land and water)

It's important to note that "-ites" is not always added to the end of a word. Sometimes it's added to a root word, like in "carbonites" where the root word is "carbon".

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