Etymology

hodo-

ho·do-

Today it means: Road; path; travel. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὁδός ← Proto-Indo-European *sed-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sed-“to sit”
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὁδός“path, road, way; journey”
  3. English todayhodo-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “path, road, way; journey”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). By surface analysis, hod- + -o-.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὁδός all →

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Proto-Indo-European*sed- all →

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