ENGLISH ROOT WORD: odd "odd", "third" from Old Norse oddi

【odd】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old Norse word(s) "oddi." It carries the basic meaning of "odd." from PIE *uzdho-

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "odd"]

odd ****[1948] If you describe someone or something as odd, you think that they are strange or unusual.
oddly **[4565] You use oddly to indicate that what you are saying is true, but that it is not what you expected.
odds **[3577] You refer to how likely something is to happen as the odds that it will happen. → see also odds-on

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[WORD ROOT]root odd
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] odd
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old Norse) oddi
[MEANING]root odd, third, additional number, point of land, angle, triangle

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Old Norse】 oddi third or additional number; point of land, angle, triangle

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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odd ★★★★[1948] adjective from odd
【DEFINITION】 If you describe someone or something as odd, you think that they are strange or unusual.
【VARIATIONs】 비교; odd < odder < oddest
【SYNONYM】 occasional, spare, spare, peculiar
【ANTONYM】 even
【ROOTs】 odd; odd
【Etymology】 《Old Norse oddi》 third or additional number; point of land, angle, triangle
【First Known Meaning】 constituting a unit in excess of an even number,
【DERIVATIVEs】 oddity, oddly, oddness, odd

oddly ★★[4565] adverb from odd
【DEFINITION】 You use oddly to indicate that what you are saying is true, but that it is not what you expected.
【SYNONYM】 strangely, surprisingly
【ROOTs】 ⑴ odd; odd ⑵ ly; adverb suffix
【Etymology】 《Old Norse oddi》 third or additional number; point of land, angle, triangle
【DERIVATIVEs】 oddity, oddly, oddness, odd

odds ★★[3577] noun from odd
【DEFINITION】 You refer to how likely something is to happen as the odds that it will happen. → see also odds-on
【pl.】 [PL]
【SYNONYM】 price
【ROOTs】 ⑴ odd; odd ⑵ s; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Old Norse oddi》 third or additional number; point of land, angle, triangle

Other words containing "odd"; oddity, oddness

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

od-, hod-
nutri-, nutr-
nov-
nunci-, nounc-
note-, not-
norm
nore
nonu-, non-
nomen-, nomin-
nom-

 

 

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