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
- hippodrome; racetrack
Ancestry of “hipódromo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | hippodromos | a hippodrome |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἱππόδρομος | hippodrome, a circuit for chariot-racing |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |