Etymology

hado-

Today it means: Of or relating to the deepest parts of the ocean. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ᾍδης
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromᾍδης
  2. English todayhado-

From Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs) + -o-. By surface analysis, had- + -o-.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekᾍδης all →

hadesHadean

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