# velodrome

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɛl.ə.dɹəʊm/ · frequency rank #46,844

## Definitions
1. An indoor arena, having an oval banked track for bicycle racing.

## 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.

## Common misspellings (13)
`evlodrome`, `veldorome`, `vellodrome`, `veloddrome`, `velodorme`, `velodrmoe`, `velodroem`, `velodromme`, `velodrrome`, `velordome`, `veoldrome`, `vleodrome`, `vvelodrome`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/velodrome