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Where does “marathoning” come from?

marathoning (English) comes from English Marathon, from French marathon, from Ancient Greek Μαραθών, from Ancient Greek -ών, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.

marathoning (English): The act of running a marathon

Definitions

  1. The act of running a marathon

Ancestry of “marathoning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMarathon—
2Frenchmarathonmarathon
3Ancient GreekΜαραθώνMarathon, a town northeast of Athens
4Ancient Greek-ώνforms words for places
5Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
6Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
7Hungarianönyou
8Hungarianön-self-
9Turkishönfront
10Ottoman Turkishاوك—
11Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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