Etymology

-ode

Today it means: Way, path, travel. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) ← Proto-Hellenic *hodós ← Proto-Indo-European *sodós?
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-ode · suffix1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sodós?
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hodós
  4. Ancient Greekὁδός (hodós)
  5. English today-ode

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way, journey, travel, means, method, system”).

-ode · suffix2

  1. Ancient Greek · derived from-ώδης“form, likeness”
  2. English today-ode

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὁδός all →

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