Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yode

/jəʊd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yo-de
IPA: /jəʊd/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of go; went.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Sir Aglovaile through the churchyard those; Sing, All alone I lie Little recked where'er he yode, All alone, up in the sky."

Etymology

From Middle English yode, variant of yede, from Old English ēode, from Proto-Germanic *ijj-, a suppletive past tense form to Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), and further from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“go”). Cognate with Latin eō (“go”), Russian идти (idti, “go”). The modern pronunciation (for expected /juːd/, /jʊd/) is likely a spelling pronunciation, though influence from the vowel of go is also possible.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: yode, ēode, *gāną, *h₁ey-

Usage

Obsolete

Frequently Paired Words

yead yede yeed

Rhymes With

road code side road episode gold code mode load rode node owed explode od

Questions

How do you pronounce yode?: The recorded pronunciation is /jəʊd/.
What does yode mean?: simple past of go; went.
Where does yode come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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