Where does “spons'rêsse” come from?
spons'rêsse (Norman) comes from Norman sponseur, from English sponsor, from Latin sponsor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
spons'rêsse (Norman): female equivalent of sponseur
Definitions
- female equivalent of sponseur
Ancestry of “spons'rêsse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norman | sponseur | sponsor |
| 2 | English | sponsor | A person or organisation with some sort of... |
| 3 | Latin | sponsor | a bondsman, surety |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |