1900, "A word used in the early days of motor vehicles for a horse-drawn vehicle" [OED], from French, from hippo- "horse" + ending from automobile.
hippodrome
hippogriff
Hippolyte
Hippolytus
hippomania
hippomobile
hippophagy
hippophile
hippopotamus
hippy
hip-shot
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