myEtymology.com: English etymology of prizewinner

Etymology of the English word prizewinner

the English word prizewinner

derived from the English word winner

derived from the English word win

derived from the Latin word vinum (wine)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *win-o- (wine)

cognates include Arabic wain, both of which are possibly derived from a long-lost Mediterranean language

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wen-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *wenwanan

using the English suffix -er

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-arjaz

using the Latin suffix -arius (-ar)

derived from the English word prize

derived from the Old French word pris

derived from the Late Latin word pretium (price, value, worth)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per-

Word found in Modern English