Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Greek (Latinized)
Scripts Μεθόδιος(Ancient Greek)
Meaning
Latinized form of the Greek name Μεθόδιος (Methodios), derived from Greek μέθοδος (methodos) meaning “pursuit” or “method”, ultimately from μετά (meta) meaning “with” and ὁδός (hodos) meaning “road”. Saint Methodius was a Greek missionary to the Slavs who developed the Cyrillic alphabet (with his brother Cyril) in order to translate the Bible into Slavic.