Where does “lekkoatletyka” come from?

lekkoatletyka (Polish) comes 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, from Ancient Greek -έω — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

lekkoatletyka (Polish): athletics, track and field

Definitions

  1. athletics, track and field

Ancestry of “lekkoatletyka”, step by step

lekkoatletyka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish atletyka

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

via Polish Lekki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishLekkilight
2Old Polishlekkilight
3Proto-Slaviclьgъkъlight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

Words derived from “lekkoatletyka

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Ancient Greek -έωEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti
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