Where does “gymnasium” come from?

gymnasium (Danish) comes from Latin Gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον, from Ancient Greek γυμνάζω, from Ancient Greek γυμνός, from Proto-Hellenic *gʷomnós — naked, nude.

gymnasium (Danish): gymnasium a type of secondary school

Definitions

  1. gymnasium a type of secondary school

Ancestry of “gymnasium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinGymnasiumcharacter in the play Cistellaria of Plautus
2Ancient Greekγυμνάσιονbodily exercises; gymnastic school, school
3Ancient Greekγυμνάζωto train naked; to train
4Ancient Greekγυμνόςnaked, nude, unclad; unarmed, without armor,...
5Proto-Hellenic*gʷomnósnaked, nude

Words derived from “gymnasium”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *gʷomnós →Every word from Ancient Greek γυμνός →Every word from Ancient Greek γυμνάζω →