| a suffix of nouns, appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “like”; used in the formation of compound words: phyllode. |
dēs smelling like incense; base ōd- of ózein to smell, give off odor
| a combining form meaning “way,” “road,” used in the formation of compound words: anode; electrode. |
| -ode suff.
[Greek -odos, from hodos.] |
-ode suff.
Way; path: electrode.
