English
sponsee
From sponsor + -ee.
Formed from sponsor + -ee
Proto-Indo-European *spend- ‘to libate’
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Proto-Italic *spondejō
Proto-Italic *spondeō ‘to promise, pledge’
Latin spondeō ‘to promise’
Latin spōnsor ‘a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism’
English sponsor
Today it means
noun One who is sponsored.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sponsee”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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