το άλογο
means " the horse " in MODERN Greek
the word hippopatomus is from the ancient word for horse which is "ippos" plus the word for river which is "potamos" - don't know why the English insist on putting a consonent such as H in front of every Greek name and word that starts with a vowel but it is IPPOS not HIPPO.........
That is why they sometimes call the hippo the horse of the river.
Ancient Greek ιππος (hippos), modern άλογο (alogo).
hippopotamus (hippo= horse, potomi = river)
Hippopotamus.
αλογοπέταλο (alogopetalo)
ιππείς pronunciation: e-pe-is
άλογο
Kachiki.
hippopotamus hippo= horse pot= river/ water
In greek history, Hippos were called Water horse's because the greek people thought that the hippos looked very much like a horse and also because they spended a lot of time in the water. But then, Other people from around the world changed it to Hippopotamuse.
It's already greek. Hippopotamus means "It's kind of like a horse, except it likes water a lot." My paraphrase.
A hippopotamus is sometimes called a river horse.
hippopotamus hippocampus
The word "amphibian," from the Greek term amphibia, means "both lives" and refers to the animals' double life on land and in water.
A large wide mouthed African mammal is the hippopotamus. Hippopotamus comes from a Greek word that means "water horse or "river horse. "
its a hippocampus
"Hippo" is a shortened form of the word hippopotamus, which comes from the Greek words for River Horse. It's a suitable name because the African animal spends a great deal of time in the water and it looks like a horse with its large ears and nostrils.
The word "dehydration" means loss of water, from the Greek root hydro (water).
A hippopotomas means 'River Horse'. But is also sometimes called a Water horse
Hydro is the Greek word for water. As a prefix, it means something to do with or involving water.'Hydro' is the Greek word for water.