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Where does “nongymnastic” come from?

nongymnastic (English) comes from English gymnastic, from Latin gymnasticus, from Ancient Greek γυμναστικός, from Ancient Greek γυμναστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

nongymnastic (English): Not gymnastic

Definitions

  1. Not gymnastic

Ancestry of “nongymnastic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgymnasticPertaining to gymnastics; Pertaining to the...
2Latingymnasticusgymnastic
3Ancient Greekγυμναστικός—
4Ancient Greekγυμναστήςtrainer of professional athletes; athlete,...
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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