Etymology

winner

win·ner
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Today it means: One who has won or often wins. Full definition →

Middle English wynner
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromwynner
  2. English todaywinner

Inherited from Middle English wynner, wynnere, equivalent to win + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Winner (“winner”), West Frisian winner (“winner”), Dutch winner and winnaar (“winner”), German Low German Winner, Gewinner (“winner”), German Gewinner (“winner”), Danish vinder (“winner”), Swedish vinnare (“winner”), Norwegian vinner (“winner”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.