It's already greek.
Hippopotamus means "It's kind of like a horse, except it likes water a lot."
My paraphrase.
Hippopotamus amphibius is ancient Greek for "river horse".
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Hippopotamus: hippo = horse; potamos = river
The common name for a hippopotamus is "hippo."
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it comes from a greek orgin
hippo (from the Greek) - horse potamos (from the Greek) - river
hippo (short for hippopotamus) means ιπποπόταμος; the word is greek to begin with! ANSWER: Hippopotamus means "river horse," from the Greek words for horse (ippos) and river (potami). So "hippo" means "horse."
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.
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.
His birth name was Aurelius Augustinus. Hippo is the name of the town where he lived in North Africa.
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