Everyday LifeGreek → English
Gymnasium
A hall or building for physical exercise.
The Greek roots
γυμνός
gymnós
naked
Literally: “place of naked exercise”
Follow a root:γυμνός3 words
The story of the word
Greek athletes trained gymnós — naked. The gymnasium was where they did it, later a place of learning too.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
The school gymnasium doubled as an exam hall.