Etymology

Rhode

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Today it means: for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place so named. Full definition →

Middle English Rode ← Old English rod
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Rhode · proper noun1

  1. Old English · derived fromhrēod
  2. Old English · derived fromrod
  3. Middle English · derived fromRode
  4. English todayRhode

From Middle English Rode, from Old English rod, rodu and/or Old English hrēod. The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification— was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.

Rhode · proper noun2

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromῬόδη
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromῬόδη
  3. English todayRhode

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē).

Words from the same roots

Middle EnglishRode all →

roadRhodesroodroyd

Old Englishrod all →

RhodesroodOrmerod

Old Englishhrēod all →

reedredeRedgraveRodleyRedburn

Ancient GreekῬόδη all →

Rhoda

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