-ode

Way, path, travel.

Suffix morpheme

  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.

Origin

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

Forms

-hod

Related

hodo- odo- ode

Derived

anode cathode centrode diode dynode ejectrode electrode ergodic heptode hexode kinesodic nosode octode optode pentode platinode tetrode triode zincode

Suffix morpheme

  1. Characterized by.
  2. Denoting abundance.
  3. Resembling, denoting likeness.

Origin

From Ancient Greek -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “form, likeness”).

Forms

-hod

Derived

argyrodite arillode arthrodia arthrodial arthrodic caulode geode physode pistillode sarcode staminode thallodal thallodic