-ode

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ode"

English

Alternative forms

• -hod

Etymology 1

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”).

Suffix

-ode

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.

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• hodo-
• odo-

See also

• ode

Etymology 2

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

Suffix

-ode

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

Derived terms

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

Anagrams

• DOE, Doe, EDO, EOD, Edo, OED, deo, doe

Garo

Affix

-ode

1. if

   Na·a tangka-paisa dongode aro on·ja, mikkigipa ong·a

   If you have money and don't give it, you are a miser

Old English

Alternative forms

• -ade, -ude

Etymology

From the merger of several Proto-Germanic inflections.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.de/

Suffix

-ode (verb inflectional suffix)

1. marks the first and third person singular preterite indicative and singular subjunctive indicative of class II weak verbs

   ‎lufian (“to love”) + ‎-ode → ‎lufode (“I/he/she/it loved”)

Descendants

• Middle English: -ede, -ed, -et, -id, -it, -yt, -yd, -d, -t (especially Late Middle English)
  • English: -ed
  • Middle Scots: -it
    • Scots: -it, -ed

See also

Conjugation of -ian (weak, class 2)

infinitive	-ian	-ienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	-iġe	-ode
second person singular	-ast	-odest
third person singular	-aþ	-ode
plural	-iaþ	-odon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	-iġe	-ode
plural	-iġen	-oden
imperative
singular	-a
plural	-iaþ
participle	present	past
	-iende	-od