DEFINITIONS

hippo-

a combining form appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “horse” (hippodrome); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (hippology).

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Words nearby hippo-

hippiedom, hippies, hippo, hippo regius, hippo zarytus, hippo-, hippocampal, hippocampal fissure, hippocampal gyrus, hippocampal sulcus, hippocampus
Also especially before a vowel, hipp-.

Origin of hippo-

< Greek: combining form of híppos; cognate with Latin equus, Old Irish ech, Old English eoh, Sanskrit aśvas, Lithuanian ašvà
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