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

  1. female equivalent of sponseur

Ancestry of “spons'rêsse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normansponseursponsor
2EnglishsponsorA person or organisation with some sort of...
3Latinsponsora bondsman, surety
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin sponsor →