Where does “optrode” come from?

optrode (English) comes from English optical, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.

optrode (English): Alternative spelling of optode

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of optode

Ancestry of “optrode”, step by step

optrode traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English optical

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishopticalOf, or relating to sight; visual; Designed to...
2English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English electrode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishelectrodethe terminal through which electric current...
2Ancient Greekὁδόςthreshold; road, path, way; journey, trip,...
3Proto-Hellenic*hodós
Every word from Akkadian guḫlum