English
odyle
Odyle comes from Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῡ̔́ληhū́lē‘wood’
- Englishtodayodyle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῡ̔́ληhū́lē‘wood’
- Englishtodayodyle
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swel- ‘firewood, wood, beam’
swell, swollen, swill, dimethyl, swole, diethyl, 31 more
through Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’
Today it means
noun Synonym of od (“a hypothetical force or natural power, now proved not to exist, which was supposed by Carl Reichenbach and others to inhere in certain people and produce phenomena such as animal magnetism and mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by chemical or vital action, heat, light, magnets, etc.”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη / odyle