ἱππόδρομος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- hippodrome, a circuit for chariot-racing
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (horse) + Ancient Greek δρόμος (road, a course, race course, running, race, racetrack, course, street, path, way, speedway).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δρόμος
Gloss
road, a course, race course, running, race, racetrack, course, street, path, way, speedway
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
道, 路
Emoji
🛣️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -drome English
- -dromous English
- acrodrome English
- drome English
- dromo- English
- dromotropic English
- hippocampus English
- canis Latin
- hippodromos Latin
- -dromo Italian
- dromo Italian
- dromos Italian
- -drome French
- dromologie French
- hippodrome French
- vélodrome French
- -dromo Spanish, Castilian
- hipódromo Spanish, Castilian
- Ζεύξιππος Ancient Greek
- Λύσιππος Ancient Greek
- Μένιππος Ancient Greek
- δρόμος Ancient Greek
- τέθριππον Ancient Greek
- ἁρματοδρομία Ancient Greek
- ἱπποκάνθαρος Ancient Greek
- ἱπποκρατία Ancient Greek
- ἱππολάπαθον Ancient Greek
- ἱππομάραθον Ancient Greek
- ἱπποπόταμος Ancient Greek
- ἱπποτοξότης Ancient Greek
- ἱπποφοβάς Ancient Greek
- ἱππόκαμπος Ancient Greek
- ἵππος Ancient Greek
- Ἱπποκράτης Ancient Greek
- Ἱππομέδων Ancient Greek
- Ἱππόλυτος Ancient Greek
- Ἵππαρχος Ancient Greek
- ῐ̔́ππος Ancient Greek
- *drem- Proto-Indo-European
- -dromo Portuguese
- ortadromach Irish
- -dromo Galician
- δρόμος Greek (modern)
- dromu Sicilian