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Where does “sponsorship” come from?

Sponsorship derives from English sponsor, from Latin spōnsor (one who promises), from the Latin agentive suffix -tor and Latin spondere (to pledge or promise), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European spend- (to make an offering or vow).

sponsorship (English): The state or practice of being a sponsor; The aid...

Definitions

  1. The state or practice of being a sponsor; The aid...

Ancestry of “sponsorship”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-shipAppended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a...
2Middle English-schipeAffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns...
3Old English-sċiepe—
4Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
5Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “sponsorship”

  • cosponsorship
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →