Words that come from Ancient Greek ἆθλον

72 words across 20 languages descend from Ancient Greek ἆθλον — including athletic, athlete, athletics, athleticism, athletically, triathlete, pentathlon, nonathletic.

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English (26)

Italian (8)

Ancient Greek (6)

Greek (5)

Hungarian (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Spanish (3)

Portuguese (3)

French (2)

Latin (2)

Dutch (2)

Chavacano (1)

Galician (1)

Danish (1)

Czech (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Asturian (1)

Catalan (1)

Old Armenian (1)

Haitian Creole (1)