▪ I. -ot, suffix1
repr. F. -ot, orig. dim., but the diminutive force is often lost, as in ballot, chariot, galliot, loriot, parrot, etc. It is not a living suffix in Eng.
▪ II. -ot, suffix2
repr. F. -ote, L. -ōta, Gr. -ώτης, expressing nativity, as Ἠπειρώτης Epirot, native of Epirus, in which use it is often represented by -ote. It occurs also in a few other ns. of Gr. origin, as helot, idiot, patriot, zealot.