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Where does “aerodromo” come from?

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

aerodromo (Italian): aerodrome, airport

Definitions

  1. aerodrome, airport

Ancestry of “aerodromo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaérodromeaerodrome
2French-drome-drome
3Frenchhippodromea hippodrome, racecourse, a circuit for...
4Latinhippodromosa hippodrome
5Ancient Greekῐ̔ππόδρομος—
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