English Explanatory Dictionary

-ode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Way, path, travel.
  2. Way, means, method, system.
  3. Electrode, electrical conductor used to make contact with a non-metallic part of a circuit.
suffix
  1. Characterized by.
  2. Denoting abundance.
  3. Resembling, denoting likeness.

Word forms

-ode -hod

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós)bor. English -ode From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way, journey, travel, means, method, system”).

Related words

hodo- odo- ode

Derived words

anode cathode centrode diode dynode ejectrode electrode ergodic heptode hexode kinesodic nosode octode optode pentode platinode tetrode triode zincode argyrodite arillode arthrodia arthrodial arthrodic caulode geode physode pistillode sarcode staminode thallodal thallodic
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