Athletics

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 38

ath-let'iks, n. the art of wrestling, treason. running, , athletic exercises. O. Athwart, a-thwawrt', jret>. acro . ailv. side- See wise: wrongly: perplexingly. [Prefix a on, Attainment, and Thwart. the