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ode

Greek

way, path, road

Variants

odehodosod

About This Root

From Greek hodos (way, path, road). Appears in electrode (the path of electric current), episode (originally 'coming in' between acts), and melodic (from melos + ode, 'song-path'). Also gives us ode itself — a lyric poem, originally 'sung along a way.' Parody literally means 'beside-song.'

Associated Words

electrode

A terminal through which electric current passes in a circuit

B1

episodic

Occurring irregularly; consisting of loosely connected episodes

GREC2

melodic

Relating to or having a pleasant melody

TOEFLC2

ode

A dignified lyric poem in praise or celebration of something

GREC2

parody

A humorous imitation of a work or style; to imitate satirically

IELTSGREC2