köken: From Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”). By surface analysis, hipo- + -dromo.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos) Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos) Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos)bor. Latin hippodromoslbor. French hippodromebor. Romanian hipodrom Borrowed from French hippodrome, a…
runway, airstrip (section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from) · running track (track marked with several lanes, which is used for competitive running events) · path inside a machine that the moving parts of the machine regularly follow or run along during their operation