campeón

/kampeˈon/ · B1 · noun · m

champion

campeón — champion

🏆 campeón = champion: both from Latin campus, the field where fighters met

Late Latin campio meant a fighter of the campus, the battlefield. Spanish kept it as campeón, English got champion via French. Swap ch- for c- and -ion for -eón, and stress the last syllable: kam-pe-ON.

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