Etymology

championship

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Today it means: A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English champion ← Middle English champioun
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The story

  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. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  13. English todaychampionship

From champion + -ship.

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