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The word derives from the Greek (gymnastike), fem. of (gymnastikos), "fond of athletic exercises"[1], from (gymnasia), "exercise"[2] and that from (gymnos), "naked"[3], because athletes exercised and competed in the nude.

So, it means "Naked Exercises".

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