"champion" in seven languages
Meaningchampion
Spanish
/kampeˈon/
masc.borrowed · Italian campione
Feminine campeona.
French
/ʃɑ̃pjɔ̃/
masc.inherited
Feminine championne.
Italian
/kamˈpjone/
masc.inherited
Feminine campionessa; also 'sample'.
Portuguese
/kɐ̃ˈpjɐ̃w/
masc.borrowed · probably Spanish campeón or Italian campione
Romanian
/kampiˈon/
masc.borrowed · Italian campione and French champion
Catalan
/kəmpiˈo/
masc.borrowed · probably Italian campione
English
/ˈtʃæmpiən/
from Latin/French · Old French champion
The Latin ancestor
CAMPIŌNEM (Late Latin)‘fighter, combatant’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Late Latin CAMPIŌ was a fighter; whether it comes from CAMPUS 'field (of battle)' or from a Germanic word is disputed. French turned ca- into cha-, which is why English says champion.
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In a sentence
- esEs la campeona del mundo.
- frC'est la championne du monde.
- itÈ la campionessa del mondo.
- ptEla é a campeã mundial.
- roEste campioană mondială.
- caÉs la campiona del món.
- enShe is the world champion.
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