Where does “odo” come from?

odo (Old High German) comes from English eddo — A plant (Colocasia esculenta, but often identified as Colocasia antiquorum, among numerous other synonyms), which is usually considered a variety of C. esculenta, with edible starchy tubers.

odo (Old High German): possibly, about, perhaps

Definitions

  1. possibly, about, perhaps

Ancestry of “odo”, step by step

odo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English eddo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheddoA plant (Colocasia esculenta, but often identified as Colocasia antiquorum, among numerous other synonyms), which is usually considered a variety of C. esculenta, with edible starchy tubers

via Proto-Germanic efþau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicefþauor

Words derived from “odo

Every word from English eddo