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Velodrome

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An indoor arena, having an oval banked track for bicycle racing.
  2. 2
    a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing wordnet

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der. Latin velox Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Latin pēs French vélocipède French vélo Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos) Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos) Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos)bor. Latin hippodromoslbor. French hippodromeder. French -drome French vélodromebor. English velodrome Borrowed from French vélodrome, from vélo + -drome. By surface analysis, velo- + -drome.

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