Etymology

hippodromic

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Today it means: Relating to a hippodrome. Full definition →

English hippodrome ← French hippodrome ← Latin hippodromo
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*HéHḱus
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éḱwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*íkkʷos
  4. Ancient Greekῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*drem-
  6. Ancient Greekδρόμος (drómos)
  7. Ancient Greekῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos)
  8. Latinhippodromo
  9. Frenchhippodrome
  10. Englishhippodrome
  11. English todayhippodromic

From hippodrome + -ic.

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