-voltine

English

Etymology

From French -voltin, from Italian volta (“time, instance, occasion”)[1] + -in.[2]

Suffix

-voltine

  1. Having a certain number of broods or generations in a year.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -voltine
bivoltine
divoltine
merovoltine
multivoltine
polyvoltine
quadrivoltine
semivoltine
univoltine

References

  1. ^ “-voltine, adjective combining form”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “bivoltine, adj.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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