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- Ancient Greek · calque ofἱπποπόταμος
- English todayriver horse
Calque of Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos). Compare Middle English water hors (“hippopotamus”). By surface analysis, river + horse.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἱπποπόταμος all →
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