Etymology

champion-elect

Today it means: One who is to be made a champion. Full definition →

English champion ← Middle English champioun ← Old French champiun
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂ém-po-s
  3. Proto-Italic*kampos
  4. Latincampus
  5. Proto-West Germanic*kamp
  6. Proto-West Germanic*kampijan
  7. Frankish*kampijō
  8. Medieval Latincampiō
  9. Old Frenchchampiun
  10. Middle Englishchampioun
  11. Englishchampion
  12. English todaychampion-elect

From champion + -elect.

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