English
gymnatorium
Blend of gymnasium + auditorium.
A blend of gymnasium + auditorium
Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- ‘to be naked’
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Ancient Greek γυμνός ‘naked’
Ancient Greek γυμνάζω ‘to exercise’
Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον ‘exercise, school’
Latin gymnasium
English gymnasium
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
Proto-Italic *awizdiō ‘to hear’
Latin audiō ‘to hear’
Latin audītōrius ‘pertaining to hearing’
Latin audītōrium ‘a hearing of a cause at law, a judicial…’
English auditorium
Today it means
noun A room, as in a school, combining the functions of gymnasium and auditorium.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gymnatorium