Where does “sponsor” come from?

sponsor (French) 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.

sponsor (French): sponsor offering financial support in sports,...

Definitions

  1. sponsor offering financial support in sports,...

Ancestry of “sponsor”, step by step

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—

Words derived from “sponsor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin sponsor →