Etymology

method

meth·od
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Today it means: A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process). Full definition →

Middle French methode ← Latin methodu ← Ancient Greek μέθοδος f (méthodos)
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method · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  4. Ancient Greekμετα- (meta-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sodós?
  7. Proto-Hellenic*hodós
  8. Ancient Greekὁδός (hodós)
  9. Ancient Greekμέθοδος f (méthodos)
  10. Latinmethodu
  11. Middle Frenchmethode
  12. English todaymethod

From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos). By surface analysis, met- + -hod. See also -ode and hodo-.

method · noun2

Abbreviation.

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