| 词汇 | hippopotamus |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 1563, from L.L. hippopotamus, from Gk. hippopotamus "riverhorse" (earlier ho hippos ho potamios "the horse of the river"), from hippos "horse" + potamos "river, rushing water" (see petition). Replaced M.E. ypotame (c.1300), which is from the same source but via O.Fr."Ypotamos comen flyngynge. ... Grete bestes and griselich" ["Kyng Alisaunder," c.1300] |
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