athlétique

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.

Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon)

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō)

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der.

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλητῐκός (āthlētĭkós)bor.

Latin āthlēticuslbor.

French athlétique

Learned borrowing from Latin āthlēticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλητῐκός (āthlētĭkós), from ἀθλητής (athlētḗs) + -ικός (-ikós). By surface analysis, athlète +‎ -ique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tle.tik/

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Adjective

athlétique (plural athlétiques)

1. athletic (having a muscular, well developed body, being in shape)

Descendants

• → English: athletic

Further reading

• “athlétique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.