-dromecomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: French -drome; Latin -dromus; Greek -δρομος, -δρομή.

Etymology: Partly < French -drome (in e.g. hippodrome hippodrome n.), partly < its etymon classical Latin -dromus (in e.g. hippodromus hippodrome n.), and partly < its etymon ancient Greek -δρομος (in e.g. ἱππόδρομος hippodrome n.; also -δρομή, feminine, in e.g. συνδρομή syndrome n.), combining form of δρόμος course, racecourse, action of running < an ablaut variant (o-grade) of the Indo-European base of δραμεῖν to run < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit dram- to run about.

combining form representing Greek δρόμος course, racecourse, identical with δρόμος running, as in (a) aerodrome n.², hippodrome n., loxodrome n., peridrome n.; (b) aerodrome n.¹, palindrome n. and adj. Cf. also syndrome n.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	-drome
释义	-dromecomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: French -drome; Latin -dromus; Greek -δρομος, -δρομή. Etymology: Partly < French -drome (in e.g. hippodrome hippodrome n.), partly < its etymon classical Latin -dromus (in e.g. hippodromus hippodrome n.), and partly < its etymon ancient Greek -δρομος (in e.g. ἱππόδρομος hippodrome n.; also -δρομή, feminine, in e.g. συνδρομή syndrome n.), combining form of δρόμος course, racecourse, action of running < an ablaut variant (o-grade) of the Indo-European base of δραμεῖν to run < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit dram- to run about. combining form representing Greek δρόμος course, racecourse, identical with δρόμος running, as in (a) aerodrome n.², hippodrome n., loxodrome n., peridrome n.; (b) aerodrome n.¹, palindrome n. and adj. Cf. also syndrome n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < comb. form
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