Where does “pentatlonist” come from?

pentatlonist (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.

pentatlonist (Romanian): pentathlete

Definitions

  1. pentathlete

Ancestry of “pentatlonist”, 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

Words derived from “pentatlonist”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Ancient Greek πεντα- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe →