-ode

a suffix of nouns, appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “like”; used in the formation of compound words: phyllode.

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Origin:
< Greek -ōdēs, probably generalized from adjectives describing smells, as kēṓdēs smelling like incense; base ōd- of ózein to smell, give off odor

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a combining form meaning “way,” “road,” used in the formation of compound words: anode; electrode.

Origin:
< Greek -odos, combining form of hodós

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-ode¹

—*n combining form*
	denoting resemblance: nematode

[from Greek -ōdēs, from eidos shape, form]

-ode²

—*n combining form*
	denoting a path or way: electrode

[from Greek -odos, from hodos a way]

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-ode suff.
Way; path: electrode.

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