-óid

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See also: oid, OID, -oid, o.i.d., oíd, and öid

Irish

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Alternative forms

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  • -eoid (after a slender consonant)

Etymology 1

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From Latin -oīdēs, from Ancient Greek -ο-ειδής (-o-eidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos, form, likeness).

Suffix

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-óid f

  1. -oid (having the likeness of)
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Etymology 2

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From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, way).

Suffix

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-óid f

  1. -ode (way, path)
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Etymology 3

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A conflation of various suffixes derived from Latin by way of Proto-Brythonic, including -ātiō, -ūtiō, -ūtum, and -tātem.

Suffix

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-óid f

  1. forms abstract nouns
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