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Where does “-drome” come from?

-drome (French) comes from French hippodrome, from Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος.

-drome (French): -drome

Definitions

  1. -drome

Ancestry of “-drome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhippodromea hippodrome, racecourse, a circuit for...
2Latinhippodromosa hippodrome
3Ancient Greekῐ̔ππόδρομος—

Words derived from “-drome”

  • velodrome
  • autodrome
  • boulodrome
  • sambodrome
  • vélodrome
  • amphidrome
  • Velodrom
  • velodroom
  • velodrom
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