Etymology

iode

I1O1D2E1

Today it means: Synonym of iodine. Full definition →

French iode ← Ancient Greek ῐ̓ώδης (ĭṓdēs) ← Proto-Hellenic *wion
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*wion
  2. Ancient Greekῐ̓́ον (ĭ́on)
  3. Ancient Greekὄζω (ózō)
  4. Ancient Greekῐ̓ώδης (ĭṓdēs)
  5. Frenchiode
  6. English todayiode

Borrowed from French iode.

Words from the same roots

Frenchiode all →

iodine

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.