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Where does “hippodromos” come from?

hippodromos (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

hippodromos (Latin): a hippodrome

Definitions

  1. a hippodrome

Ancestry of “hippodromos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἱππόδρομοςhippodrome, a circuit for chariot-racing
2Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “hippodromos”

  • hippodrome
  • hippodromic
  • hippodromist
  • hipódromo
  • hippodrome
  • hipódromo
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