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-ode en · X · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós)bor. English -ode Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way, journey, travel, means, method, system”).

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Way, path, travel.
2. (morpheme) Way, means, method, system.
3. (morpheme) Electrode, electrical conductor used to make contact with a non-metallic part of a circuit.

Forms

Deriveds

hexode · pentode · electrode · tetrode · heptode · anode · platinode · optode · centrode · dynode · triode · ejectrode · zincode · diode · kinesodic · nosode · octode · ergodic · cathode

Relateds

odo- · ode · hodo-

-ode en · X · etymology 2

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “form, likeness”).

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Characterized by.
2. (morpheme) Denoting abundance.
3. (morpheme) Resembling, denoting likeness.

Forms

Deriveds

thallodic · sarcode · pistillode · geode · thallodal · arthrodic · arthrodia · caulode · argyrodite · arillode · staminode · physode · arthrodial