English
esodic
Esodic comes from Ancient Greek εἴσοδος ‘way in’, and goes back to ὁδός.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁδός‘way’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεἴσοδοςeísodos‘way in’
- Englishtodayesodic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁδός‘way’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεἴσοδοςeísodos‘way in’
- Englishtodayesodic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, chair, session, settle, resident, siege, assess, possess, nest, saddle, niche, subsidy, sedan, reside, nye, residual, residue, sediment, sedentary, insidious, prasad, sedative, setter, dissident, beset, sedate, soot, obsess, chaise, sate, seance, ersatz, salo, séance, 92 more
through Ancient Greek ὁδός ‘way’
Today it means
adj Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; said of certain nerves.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὁδός / esodic