Etymology

unathletic

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Today it means: Not athletic; lacking in athleticism. Full definition →

English athletic ← Middle French athletique ← Latin āthlēticu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
  9. Ancient Greekἆθλον (âthlon)
  10. Ancient Greekᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō)
  11. Ancient Greekἀθλητής (athlētḗs)
  12. Ancient Greekᾱ̓θλητῐκός (āthlētĭkós)
  13. Latināthlēticu
  14. Middle Frenchathletique
  15. Englishathletic
  16. English todayunathletic

From un- + athletic.

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