Etymology of the English suffix -oid

Derivations in English

astroid, cosmoid, eutectoid, flavonoid, hydroid, pyrenoid, sistroid, steroid, viroid, celloidin, acanthoid, acaroid, actinoid, albuminoid, algoid, amberoid, ameboid, amyloid, anthracoid, asconoid, bacteroid, benzenoid, blennioid, bungaloid, cannabinoid, carcinoid, carotenoid, caucasoid, centroid, cerebroid, chancroid, chondroid, coccoid, condyloid, contoid, cymoid, cystoid, dentoid, dermatoid, dermoid, diphtheroid, diploid, dispersoid, distemperoid, elytroid, endothelioid, epicycloid, epithelioid, erysipeloid, eunuchoid, factoid, fecaloid, fibrinoid, fibroid, fucoid, fungoid, galactoid, gelatinoid, ginglymoid, globoid, gneissoid, granitoid, groupoid, gynecoid, haloid, haploid, helminthoid, hemoid, hemophilioid, hirudinoid, histoid, humanoid, hydrocephaloid, hyenoid, hyperboloid, isidioid, isoprenoid, lipoid, lymphoid, melanoid, metalloid, meteoroid, mineraloid, mongoloid, monoid, mucoid, myeloid, myxoid, neanderthaloid, negroid, nucleoid, opioid, osteoid, paraboloid, paraffinoid, parotoid, pentagonoid, petaloid, phleboid, pithecanthropoid, planetoid, platinoid, polypoid, prismoid, proteinoid, puruloid, pyrethroid, porphyroid, quinoid, quinonoid, resinoid, retinoid, rhizoid, saccharoid, sarcoid, satelloid, scarabaeoid, scarlatinoid, schizoid, scirrhoid, scleroid, sinusoid, spermatoid, sphygmoid, syconoid, syphiloid, tabloid, teratoid, thalloid, toroid, tuboid, typhoid, varicelloid, varioloid, veddoid, viscoid, vocoid, zooid, ornithoid, gyroidal, hypnoidal, mineralocorticoid, quinoidine, alkaloidal, australoid, indigoid

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