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Where does “pentatlonistă” come from?

pentatlonistă (Romanian) comes from Romanian pentatlonist, 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.

pentatlonistă (Romanian): female equivalent of pentatlonist

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of pentatlonist

Ancestry of “pentatlonistă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpentatlonistpentathlete
2Romanianpentatlonpentathlon
3Frenchpentathlonpentathlon
4Ancient Greekπένταθλον—
5Ancient Greekπεντα-penta-, five; five
6Ancient Greekπέντεfive
7Proto-Hellenicpénkʷefive
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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