Where does “hippodrome” come from?

hippodrome (French) comes from Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος — hippodrome, a circuit for chariot-racing.

hippodrome (French): a hippodrome, racecourse, a circuit for...

Definitions

  1. a hippodrome, racecourse, a circuit for...

Ancestry of “hippodrome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhippodromosa hippodrome
2Ancient Greekῐ̔ππόδρομοςhippodrome, a circuit for chariot-racing

Words derived from “hippodrome”

Every word from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος →Every word from Latin hippodromos →