The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἠώς“dawn”
- English todayeohippus
Originally a genus name, Eohippus, formed in New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”). By surface analysis, eo- + Latin hippus.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἠώς all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.