Standard Lemma guide

-ode

suffix · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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suffix

Meaning 1

Way, path, travel.

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Meaning 2

Way, means, method, system.

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Meaning 3

Electrode, electrical conductor used to make contact with a non-metallic part of a circuit.

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Meaning 4

Characterized by.

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Meaning 5

Denoting abundance.

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Meaning 6

Resembling, denoting likeness.

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History

Etymology

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”).

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