Where does “heptatlon” come from?

heptatlon (Romanian) comes from Romanian pentatlon, from French pentathlon, from Ancient Greek πένταθλον, from Ancient Greek πεντα-, from Ancient Greek πέντε, from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

heptatlon (Romanian): heptathlon

Definitions

  1. heptathlon

Ancestry of “heptatlon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpentatlonpentathlon
2Frenchpentathlonpentathlon (discipline made up of five events)
3Ancient Greekπένταθλονthe contest of the five exercises, pentathlon
4Ancient Greekπεντα-penta-, five; five
5Ancient Greekπέντεfive
6Proto-Hellenicpénkʷefive
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Ancient Greek πεντα- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe →