The story
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
- Ancient Greekἆθλον (âthlon)
- Ancient Greekᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō)
- Ancient Greekἀθλητής (athlētḗs)
- Ancient Greekᾱ̓θλητῐκός (āthlētĭkós)
- Latināthlēticu
- Middle Frenchathletique
- Englishathletic
- English todayunathletic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.