köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder. Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs)bor. Latin āthlētalbor. French athlète Learned borrowing from Latin āthlēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō, “to…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder. Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs)bor. Latin āthlētalbor. Portuguese atleta Learned borrowing from Latin āthlēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō, “to…
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 運動員, composed of 運動 (“sport”) and 員 (“-person”), Chinese 運動員 /运动员 (yùndòngyuán), with the Chinese "sport" sense of 運動 /运动 (yùndòng) that is not productive in Vietnamese. Compare Japanese 運動員 (undōin, “campaign worker”), which makes use of the "arousal; mobilization; campaign" sense of 運動 (undō) instead.