Where does “sponsorly” come from?

sponsorly (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.

sponsorly (English): Of, befitting, or characteristic of a sponsor

Definitions

  1. Of, befitting, or characteristic of a sponsor

Ancestry of “sponsorly”, step by step

sponsorly 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 ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin sponsor →