Where does “Mathletics” come from?
Mathletics (English) comes from English athletics, from English athletic, from French athlétique, from Middle French athletique, from Latin āthlēticus, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητικός, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής, from Ancient Greek ἀθλέω — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Mathletics (English): A field of competitive mathematics often involving team competitions similar to competitive sports
Definitions
- A field of competitive mathematics often involving team competitions similar to competitive sports
Ancestry of “Mathletics”, step by step
Mathletics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English athletics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | athletics | A group of sporting activities including track... |
| 2 | English | athletic | Having to do with athletes; Physically active;... |
| 3 | French | athlétique | athletic |
| 4 | Middle French | athletique | athletic |
| 5 | Latin | āthlēticus | athletic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀθλητικός | of or for an athlete, athletic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀθλητής | a combatant, champion, especially a prizefighter;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀθλέω | to contend for a prize, combat, wrestle; to be an... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via English mathletic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mathletic | Of or relating to mathletes |
| 2 | English | math | A mowing; what is gathered from mowing; Clipping... |
| 3 | English | mathematics | An abstract representational system used in the... |
| 4 | English | mathematic | mathematical |
| 5 | Old French | mathematique | — |
| 6 | Latin | mathēmatica | mathematics |
| 7 | Latin | mathēmaticus | Of or pertaining to mathematics; mathematical |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μαθηματικός | scientific, esp. mathematical; astronomical;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | *-kos | — |