hippic

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁eḱ-“horse; swift (?)”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁éḱwos“horse; stallion”
3. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἱππικός“relating to horses or horse-riding”
4. English todayhippic

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἱππικός (hippikós, “relating to horses or horse-riding”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns). Ἱππικός is derived from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse; stallion”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- (“horse; swift (?)”)) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• chiefly 19th c. Relating to horse racing.