▪ I. -een, suffix1
(iːn)
ultimately derived from L. -ī̆nus, -ī̆na adj. suffix, through F. -in, -ine, as in † damaskeen (1551), canteen (1737), tureen (1706), bombazeen (18th–19th century variant of bombasine). Bombazeen apparently furnished the model for velveteen (1795, velvatean 1776), on which followed sateen (an alteration of satin).
▪ II. -een, suffix2
(iːn)
ad. Ir. dim. suffix -{iacu}n, as in buckeen (1793), colleen (1828), dudeen (1841), girleen (1836), jackeen (1840), poteen (1812), spalpeen (1780), squireen (1809).