Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

championess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cham-pi-oness
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female champion.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Then laid the noble Championesse strong hond / Upon th'enchaunter which had her distrest / So sore, and with foule outrages opprest."

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 Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English championess From champion + -ess.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

championesses (plural)

Questions

What does championess mean?: A female champion.
Where does championess 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 Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English championess From champion + -ess.

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