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Dr Danny Bate
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Got sidetracked today by the word 'hippopotamus' – specifically how it's a compound that looks like 'horse-river' (from Greek ἵππος + ποταμός) rather than the intended 'river-horse'.
So says one expert: it likely derives via an attested noun+adjective phrase, ἵππος (ὁ) ποτάμιος 'horse riverine'.
2026-08-10T11:47:35.467Z