The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐφίππιον
- Latin · borrowed fromephippium“saddlecloth”
- English todayephippium
From Latin ephippium (“saddlecloth”), from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion), from ἐπῐ́ (epĭ́) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.