The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγεώδης“earthlike”
- Latin · derived fromgeōdēs
- French · borrowed fromgéode
- English todaygeode
From French géode, from Latin geōdēs, from Ancient Greek γεώδης (geṓdēs, “earthlike”), equivalent to γῆ (gê, “earth”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.