"horseshoe-shaped," 1852, from Latinized form of Greek hippos "horse" (from PIE root *ekwo- "horse.") + krēpis "a boot, half-boot, man's high boot," which is of uncertain origin.
hippo-
hippo
hippocampus
Hippocratic
Hippocrene
hippocrepian
hippodrome
hippogriff
Hippolyte
Hippolytus
hippomania