Where does “icosathlon” come from?

icosathlon (English) comes from English icosa-, from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι, from Proto-Hellenic ewīkəti, from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti, from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

icosathlon (English): A sports event consisting of twenty contests

Definitions

  1. A sports event consisting of twenty contests

Ancestry of “icosathlon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishicosa-API; twenty
2Ancient Greekεἴκοσιtwenty
3Proto-Hellenicewīkəti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwídḱm̥titwenty
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwidḱómt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti →