Where does “certamen” come from?
certamen (Spanish) comes from Latin certamen, from Latin certō, from Latin certus, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
certamen (Spanish): competition, contest; poetry function
Definitions
- competition, contest; poetry function
Ancestry of “certamen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | certamen | A contest, race, struggle, strife; A battle,... |
| 2 | Latin | certō | to match, vie with, emulate |
| 3 | Latin | certus | certain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
Words derived from “certamen”