-ode


a suffix of nouns, appearing in loanwords from greek, where it meant “like”; used in the formation of compound words:
phyllode.
compare -oid.
-ode2
a combining form meaning “way,” “road,” used in the formation of compound words:
anode; electrode.
origin
-ode1
combining form
denoting resemblance nematode
word origin
from greek -ōdēs, from eidos shape, form
-ode2
combining form
denoting a path or way electrode
word origin
from greek -odos, from hodos a way

-ode suff.
way; path: electrode.

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