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7 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a person trained to compete in sports
originFrom Middle English athlete, from Latin āthlēta (and probably also partly from Middle French athlete), from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ἀθλέω (athléō, “compete for a prize”), from ἆθλον (âthlon, “prize”) or ἆθλος (âthlos, “competition”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0