Where does “ultramarathoning” come from?
ultramarathoning (English) comes from English ultramarathon, 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 — sound, voice.
ultramarathoning (English): The sport of running ultramarathons
Definitions
- The sport of running ultramarathons
Ancestry of “ultramarathoning”, step by step
ultramarathoning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ultramarathon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ultramarathon | A running race over a distance longer than 42.195... |
| 2 | English | Marathon | the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians |
| 3 | French | marathon | marathon |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Μαραθών | Marathon, a town northeast of Athens |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ών | forms words for places |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |