Etymology

ipotane

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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 →

Greek ιππότης
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  1. Greek · derived fromιππότης“knight”
  2. English todayipotane

Probably from Greek ιππότης (ippótis, “knight”), which is derived from ίππος (íppos, “horse”).

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