Etymology

-dromy

Today it means: The quality or state of running or moving in a specified manner. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δρόμος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδρόμος“race, running”
  2. English today-dromy

From Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “race, running”) + -y.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδρόμος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.