DictionaryRoot: hodos
Greek
hodos
way, road, or journey
Forms
- hodos
- hod- — Used before another ending.
- -od- — The initial h was lost in some borrowed compounds.
Origin
An old Greek word whose deeper origin is uncertain.
Note
A route can be a physical road or a method of proceeding.
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noun
exodus
EK-suh-dus/ˈeksədəs/
A departure of many people from a place.
Etymology
“Out” and “way” combine to mean “a going out.” The biblical account of the Israelites leaving Egypt gave the word its familiar association with the departure of a large group.