haltere.
dumbbell (a weight with two disks attached to a short bar)
Meaning & usage
dumbbell (a weight with two disks attached to a short bar)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́λλομαι (hắllomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Hellenic *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres)lbor. Portuguese haltere Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres, “a type of dumbbell used in Ancient Greece”).
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