Etymology

polhode

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Ancient Greek πόλοδος
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπόλοδος
  2. English todaypolhode

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλοδος (pólodos), meaning "path of the pole", from πόλος (pólos, “pole, axis”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, road”).

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