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'Equus' itself is the root word. But its beginning letters equ- make up the root part from which all Latin words referring to horses are derived. It's connected with, but not derived from, the Greek word 'hippos' for 'horse'.

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equis is the latin name for horse. Its full latin name is equis callubus

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