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-drome • comb. form 1. denoting a place for running or racing: velodrome.2. denoting something that runs or proceeds in a certain way: palindrome.

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-drome

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-drome repr. Gr. drōmos running, course, race, as in HIPPODROME; rel. to dramein run, Skr. drāmati.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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