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- Latin · learned borrowing fromspōnsor“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”
- English todaysponsor
Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sponsor
spon·sorToday it means: A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect. Full definition →
Latin spōnsor