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