Where does “lekkoatletyczny” come from?

lekkoatletyczny (Polish) comes from Polish lekkoatletyka, from Polish atletyka, from French athlétique, from Middle French athletique, from Latin āthlēticus, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητικός, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής, from Ancient Greek ἀθλέω — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

lekkoatletyczny (Polish): athletics, track and field

Definitions

  1. athletics, track and field

Ancestry of “lekkoatletyczny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishlekkoatletykaathletics, track and field
2Polishatletykaathletics
3Frenchathlétiqueathletic
4Middle Frenchathletiqueathletic
5Latināthlēticusathletic
6Ancient Greekἀθλητικόςof or for an athlete, athletic
7Ancient Greekἀθλητήςa combatant, champion, especially a prizefighter;...
8Ancient Greekἀθλέωto contend for a prize, combat, wrestle; to be an...
9Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
10Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Ancient Greek -έωEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti