Where does the word athlete come from?

Answer 1

The word "Athletics" come from the Ancient Greek ἀθλητής. Athletics by definition means "combatant in public games", which would make sense because athletes go through quite a bit of training to get to the high competition that you see on TV.

Answer 2

The word athlet originally comes from greek

Answer 3

Both Greek and Latin, in Greek the word is 'athleticos' and in Latin 'athleticos' meaning 'strong of body'