Where does “championship” come from?
Championship is an English word formed from champion and the Old English suffix -scipe, which derives from Latin campionem meaning "fighter in a field," ultimately from Latin campus meaning "field."
championship (English): A competition to determine a champion, especially...
Definitions
- A competition to determine a champion, especially...
Ancestry of “championship”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | champion | An ongoing winner in a game or contest; Someone... |
| 2 | Middle English | champioun | A sportsperson who utilises brute strength; a... |
| 3 | Old French | champiun | fighter, champion |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | campio | combatant in a duel, champion; champion |
| 5 | Frankish | kampijō | fighter; combat soldier |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kampijô | — |
| 7 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |