English
hippocephalic
From hippo- + cephalic.
A compound of hippo- + cephalic
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos ‘horse’
Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos ‘horse’
Ancient Greek ἵππος ‘a horse, (feminine) a mare’
English hippo-
Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-l̥ ‘head’
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Ancient Greek κεφαλή ‘head’
Ancient Greek κεφαλικός ‘capital’
Latin cephalicus ‘head’
Middle French céphalique
English cephalic
Today it means
adj Having a head shaped like that of a horse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hippocephalic