sponsor
English
/ˈspɒn.sə/, /ˈspɑn.səɹ/
noun
Definitions
- A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
- One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.
Etymology
Derived from Latin sponsor (in Late Latin a sponsor in baptism, a surety).
Origin
Latin
sponsor
Gloss
in Late Latin a sponsor in baptism, a surety
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cosponsor English
- cosponsorship English
- nonsponsor English
- sponsee English
- sponsoree English
- sponsorer English
- sponsoress English
- sponsorette English
- sponsorial English
- sponsorially English
- sponsorless English
- sponsorly English
- sponsorship English
- spondeō Latin
- sponsor Latin
- szponzor Hungarian
- szponzorok Hungarian
- sponsor Italian
- sponsorizzare Italian
- sponsor Dutch, Flemish
- sponsor French
- sponsoriser French
- sponsor Spanish, Castilian
- sponsor Norwegian Bokmål
- sponsor Swedish
- sponsra Swedish
- スポンサー Japanese
- スポンサーシップ Japanese
- sponsor Polish
- sponsor Norwegian Nynorsk
- sponsor Danish
- sponsair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- sponsairich Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- spons'rêsse Norman
- sponseur Norman