英语词汇athlete的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	athlete
词源	athlete. Athlete ultimately comes to us from the Greek athlos, meaning “prize,” which led to the Greek athlein, “to contend for a prize,” and finally athletes, “on.e who contends for a prize.” Entering English early in the 16th century, the word described anyone who competed in the physical activities—running, jumping, boxing, wrestling, etc.—that formed part of the pub- lic games in ancient Greece.
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