A true ____ trains every day and competes with honesty and fairness.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He is known as an excellent ____ who always plays fairly and respects his opponents on the field.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Anglo-Norman des-
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂
Proto-Italic *portā
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Proto-Italic *portāō
Latin portāre
Anglo-Norman porter
Anglo-Norman desporterbor.
Middle English disporten
Middle English sporten
English sport
Old English -as
Middle English -es
English -s
English sports
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English sportsman
From sports + -man.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"On the contrary, the difference between the worse male and female sportsmen was 54 ms. Among the male sportsmen [...]. Among the female sportsmen [...]"
— 2014, Libor Flemr, Jiří Němec, Kateřina Kudláčková, editors, Physical activity in science and practice: Conference Proceedings | In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University in Prague [Prague, 19-21 June 2013], page 237:
"At last extinguishing the fire, he took the idol up very unceremoniously, and bagged it again in his grego pocket as carelessly as if he were a sportsman bagging a dead woodcock."
— 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC: