hippocampus

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἱππόκαμπος
2. Late Latin · borrowed fromhippocampus
3. English todayhippocampus

From Late Latin hippocampus, from Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos, from ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) + κάμπος (kámpos, “sea-monster”)). The anatomy sense is so named from its resemblance to the seahorse. By surface analysis, hippo- + campus.

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