Where does “biatleta” come from?
biatleta (Italian) comes from Italian atleta, from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής, from Ancient Greek ἀθλέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
biatleta (Italian): biathlete
Definitions
- biathlete
Ancestry of “biatleta”, step by step
biatleta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian atleta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | atleta | athlete |
| 2 | Latin | āthlēta | wrestler, athlete |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀθλητής | a combatant, champion, especially a prizefighter;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀθλέω | to contend for a prize, combat, wrestle; to be an... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Italian bi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bi | The name of the Latin-script letter B.; bee |
| 2 | Latin | B | — |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌁 | be |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | β | Lower-case beta (βῆτα), the second letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiced bilabial plosive: and later the voiced labiodental fricative. It is preceded by α and followed by γ |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤁 | bet; beth; house |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓉐 | — |