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Where does “hipódromo” come from?

hipódromo (Spanish) comes from Latin hippodromos, 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...

hipódromo (Spanish): hippodrome; racetrack

Definitions

  1. hippodrome; racetrack

Ancestry of “hipódromo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhippodromosa hippodrome
2Ancient Greekἱππόδρομοςhippodrome, a circuit for chariot-racing
3Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
4Ancient Greek-ός—
5Proto-Hellenic*-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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