English
hippotomy
From hippo- + -tomy.
Formed from hippo- + -tomy
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos ‘horse’
Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos ‘horse’
Ancient Greek ἵππος ‘a horse, (feminine) a mare’
English hippo-
Today it means
noun The anatomy of horses, or the study thereof.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hippotomy