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Where does “quadrathlon” come from?

quadrathlon (English) comes from English -athlon, from Ancient Greek ἆθλον, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

quadrathlon (English): A contest involving four successive events,...

Definitions

  1. A contest involving four successive events,...

Ancestry of “quadrathlon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-athlonContest
2Ancient Greekἆθλονprize of a contest; contest; place of combat,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow
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