campionat

Forms

campionat n (plural campionate)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Italian campionato.^{[2][3][4][5][1]} The Italian word is recorded from 1886 and was formed on campione (“champion”) with the suffix -ato, on the model of French championnat.^[6][1]

The Italian base first named a fighter in single combat for another's cause; it comes from Late Latin campio, from a Germanic source, from campus (“field”).^[2] Romanian took campion from Italian too; it is recorded from 1844.^[2]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is in the Academy dictionary (DA), which lists campionat under campion as a sports competition whose winner receives the title of champion;^[7][2][4] DELR and MDA2 date it 1913.^[7][2][4]

Semantic evolution

The word belongs to the vocabulary of modern sport, which came in with campion in the 19th century.^[2] Besides the competition it also names the title of champion itself.^[8][3] The DLRLC of 1955 quotes it from the newspaper Scînteia of 1953.^[8] The family later grew with vicecampion (1972) and supercampion (1974).^[2]

Timeline

• 1913 – campionat in the Academy dictionary (DA).^[2][4]
• 1953 – the newspaper Scînteia on the first meetings of the championships.^[8]
• 1972 – vicecampion “runner-up”.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. A championship: an official competition in one event or branch of sport that decides the best athlete or team: campionatul național de fotbal “the national football championship”.^[3][4][1]
2. The title or status of campion.^[3][4]

Related words

• campion
• Italian campionato

Usage notes

The ⟨io⟩ is pronounced in two syllables, cam-pi-o-nat.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2011–), Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române (DELR), vol. I: A–B (2011), vol. II: C (2015–2018), București: Editura Academiei Române; continued online at delr.lingv.ro, p. s.v. campion
3. ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 137
4. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 284
5. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. campionat
6. ^ Nocentini, Alberto; Parenti, Alessandro (2010), l'Etimologico: vocabolario della lingua italiana, Firenze: Le Monnier
7. ^ a b Academia Română (1913–1949), Dicționarul limbii române (DA), ed. Sextil Pușcariu, tom I (A–B, C, D–De) and tom II (F–I, J–Lojniță), București: Socec / Universul / Monitorul Oficial și Imprimeriile Statului; page scans at cflr-scans.solirom.ro, p. s.v. campion
8. ^ a b c Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 1, 322