[1550–60; ‹‹ Slavic; cf. Pol wojewoda, Russ voevóda, Serbo-Croatian vȍj(e)voda, OCS vojevoda commander, governor (translating Gk hēgemo᷇n and stratēgós), equiv. to voj- base of voinŭ warrior + -e- var. (after j) of -o- -o- + -voda, n. deriv. of voditi to lead; vaivode ‹ Hungarian vajvoda (now vajda) ‹ Slavic]This word is first recorded in the period 1550–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: haul, modulate, multiplex, rhythm, urge-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer)