Etymograph

English

hydrogymnastics

From hydro- + gymnastics.

Formed from hydro- + gymnastics

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

English hydro-

Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- ‘bare, naked’

Ancient Greek γῠμνᾰ́ζω ‘to train, exercise’

Ancient Greek γυμναστής ‘athlete, gymnast’

Ancient Greek γυμναστικός ‘fond of and/or skilled in athletic exercises’

Latin gymnasticus ‘gymnastic’

English gymnastics

Today it means

noun therapeutic gymnastics performed in water

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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