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gymnasion
Greek · ancient
"a place for exercise"
a place for athletic training, performed unclothed
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gymnasium
Latin · ancient
"a place for physical and intellectual training"
adopted through Greek athletic and educational tradition
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gymnasium
English · 1500s-1600s
"a room or building for physical exercise"
settled as the English word for a place of physical exercise
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