Pojęcie rekreacji w polskich źródłach drukowanych do 1795 roku

Abstract

Recreation, alongside physical education, sport and physical rehabilitation, is one of the forms of participation in physical culture. The analysis of works from the times of the First Republic of Poland has shown that this term was used in its Latin version as early as at the beginning of the 16th century. In the early period of its dissemination in the Polish lands, it was translated as ochłoda, which in the Polish language of the time meant enjoyment. Based on the analysis, it was found that the Polonized version of the word recreation was used for the first time in 1584, while the dynamic development of the dissemination of the concept of recreation and the meaning context occurred in the first half of the 17th century. As a result of the analysis, several meanings of the term recreation can be distinguished: as an enjoyment, entertainment, fun, as a rest from studies and a holiday break, which was called school recreation in education and religious recreation in a church institution, and even as an element of the general educational process.