Where does “award-winning” come from?
award-winning (English) comes from English award, from Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin exwardare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
award-winning (English): Having won at least one award; prizewinning
Definitions
- Having won at least one award; prizewinning
Ancestry of “award-winning”, step by step
award-winning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English award
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | award | A judgment, sentence, or final decision.... |
| 2 | Middle English | awarden | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | awarder | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | exwardare | — |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via English winning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | winning | present participle of win; That constitutes a... |
| 2 | English | win | To conquer, defeat; To reach some destination or... |
| 3 | English | wind | Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air... |
| 4 | English | farm | A place where agricultural and similar activities... |
| 5 | Middle English | ferme | A lease; the renting of land |
| 6 | Old French | ferme | lease; the land leased; farm |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | ferma | Alternative form of firma |
| 8 | Latin | Firma | tax, tribute |
| 9 | Latin | Firmus | strong, powerful |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | fermos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer-mo-s | holding |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |