athletique
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See also: athlétique
Middle French
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Learned borrowing from Latin āthlēticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλητῐκός (āthlētĭkós), from ἀθλητής (athlētḗs) + -ικός (-ikós). By surface analysis, athlete + -ique.
Adjective
[edit]athletique m or f (plural athletiques)
- athletic
- 1585, Iacques Guillemeau, Traite des maladies de l’oeil, qui sont en nombre de cent treize, ausquelles il est suiect, Paris: Charles Massé, →OCLC, folio 12, recto:
- Telle maladie aduient, ou de cauſes externes comme pour eſtre tombé de haut, pour vn grand coup receu ſur la teſte, ou à l’ẽtour de l’œil, comme d’vn coup d’eſteuf ou pierre: elle peut auſſi ſuruenir par vng eſtranglement & ſuffocation, comme lon void es combats athletiques: […]
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Descendants
[edit]- French: athlétique
- → English: athletic
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- Middle French learned borrowings from Latin
- Middle French terms borrowed from Latin
- Middle French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weh₁-
- Middle French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Middle French terms suffixed with -ique
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French adjectives
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