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Where does “-óid” come from?
-óid (Irish) comes from Ancient Greek ὁδός, from Proto-Hellenic *hodós.
-óid
(Irish): oid
Definitions
oid
Ancestry of “-óid”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ancient Greek
ὁδός
threshold; road, path, way; journey, trip,...
2
Proto-Hellenic
*hodós
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Words derived from “-óid”
-utum
-óideach
agóid
piocóid
siúlóid
-ātiō
-tātem
bolgóid
agóideach
agóideoir
aerphiocóid
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