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Where does “olimpiada” come from?

olimpiada (Polish) comes from French olympiade, from Old French olimpiade, from Latin Olympias, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπιάς, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.

olimpiada (Polish): Olympiad; the Olympics

Definitions

  1. Olympiad; the Olympics

Ancestry of “olimpiada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frencholympiadeolympiad; Olympiad
2Old Frencholimpiadeperiod of four years
3LatinOlympias—
4Ancient GreekὈλυμπιάςolympiad
5Ancient GreekὈλυμπῐ́ᾱOlympia
6Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
7Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
8Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
9Hungarianönyou
10Hungarianön-self-
11Turkishönfront
12Ottoman Turkishاوك—
13Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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