köken: From Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”). By surface analysis, hipo- + -dromo.
köken: From Proto-Finnic *rata (compare Estonian rada, Ingrian rata (“The Milky Way”), Karelian rata (“The Milky Way”), Livonian radā), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *tradō (compare Dutch tra (“trail, (forest) path”)).