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Method

A systematic procedure for doing something.

The Greek roots

μετά
metá
after, in pursuit of
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ὁδός
hodós
way, road

Literally: a following-after of the way

The story of the word

A méthodos is a 'pursuit along a road' — the orderly path taken toward a goal.

The same roots elsewhere

Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.

In a sentence

She explained her method step by careful step.

Built on the same root

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