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-ode

1
a suffix of nouns, appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “like”; used in the formation of compound words: phyllode.
Compare -oid.


Origin:
< Gk -ōdēs, prob. generalized from adjectives describing smells, as dēs smelling like incense; base ōd- of ózein to smell, give off odor

-ode

2
a combining form meaning “way,” “road,” used in the formation of compound words: anode; electrode.

Origin:
< Gk -odos, comb. form of hodós
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-ode  
suff.  
  1. Way; path: electrode.

  2. Electrode: dynode.


[Greek -odos, from hodos.]
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-ode suff.
Way; path: electrode.

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