Where does “certamen” come from?

certamen (English) comes from Latin certamen, from Latin certō, from Latin certus, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

certamen (English): A team competition in which contestants answer...

Definitions

  1. A team competition in which contestants answer...

Ancestry of “certamen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincertamenA contest, race, struggle, strife; A battle,...
2Latincertōto match, vie with, emulate
3Latincertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Latin certus →Every word from Latin certō →