-óid
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- -eoid (after a slender consonant)
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin -oīdēs, from Ancient Greek -ο-ειδής (-o-eidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
Suffix edit
-óid f
- -oid (having the likeness of)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “way”).
Suffix edit
-óid f
- -ode (way, path)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
A conflation of various suffixes derived from Latin by way of Proto-Brythonic, including -ātiō, -ūtiō, -ūtum, and -tātem.
Suffix edit
-óid f
- forms abstract nouns