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Where does “hippodromic” come from?

hippodromic (English) comes from English hippodrome, from French hippodrome, from Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος.

hippodromic (English): Relating to a hippodrome

Definitions

  1. Relating to a hippodrome

Ancestry of “hippodromic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhippodromeA horse racing course; A fraudulent sporting...
2Frenchhippodromea hippodrome, racecourse, a circuit for...
3Latinhippodromosa hippodrome
4Ancient Greekῐ̔ππόδρομος—
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