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- Greek · derived fromιππότης“knight”
- English todayipotane
Probably from Greek ιππότης (ippótis, “knight”), which is derived from ίππος (íppos, “horse”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A mythical creature depicted as a half-human, half-horse that is supposedly different from a centaur, sometimes attributed to Greek mythology. Full definition →
Probably from Greek ιππότης (ippótis, “knight”), which is derived from ίππος (íppos, “horse”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.