-óid

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

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”).

Suffix

-óid f

1. -oid (having the likeness of)

Derived terms

• adanóid
• -óideach

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “way”).

Suffix

-óid f

1. -ode (way, path)

Derived terms

• anóid
• catóid
• dé-óid
• leictreoid
• trióid

 

Etymology 3

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

Suffix

-óid f

1. forms abstract nouns

Derived terms

• absalóid
• acarsóid
• agóid
• amaróid
• annóid
• aspalóid
• callóid
• conspóid
• éabhlóid
• purgóid
• réabhlóid
• siúlóid
• trioblóid
• umhlóid