Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

champion-elect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: cham-pi-on--elect
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who is to be made a champion.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion English -elect English champion-elect From champion + -elect.

Inflected Forms

champions-elect (plural)

Questions

What does champion-elect mean?: One who is to be made a champion.
Where does champion-elect come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion English -elect English champion-elect From champion + -elect.

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