atleta.
athlete
Meaning & usage
athlete
Where this word comes from
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 contend”) + -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).
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