The story
- Latin · derived fromcompetō
- Late Latin · derived fromcompetītiō, competītiōnem
- French · borrowed fromcompétition
- English todaycompetition
Borrowed from French compétition, from Late Latin competītiō, competītiōnem, from Latin competō, from con- + petō. By surface analysis, compete + -ition.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.