Where does “sponsoress” come from?

sponsoress (English) comes from English sponsor, from Latin sponsor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

sponsoress (English): A female sponsor

Definitions

  1. A female sponsor

Ancestry of “sponsoress”, step by step

sponsoress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sponsor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsponsorA person or organisation with some sort of...
2Latinsponsora bondsman, surety
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via English ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishessThe name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...
2Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
3Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin sponsor →