Where does “sponsorka” come from?
sponsorka (Polish) comes from Polish sponsor, from English sponsor, from Latin sponsor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
Ancestry of “sponsorka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | sponsor | sponsor, patron, backer |
| 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 | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |