Victor
/ˈvɪk.tər/noun
A person who defeats an opponent or succeeds in a contest.
Did you know?Victor comes from Latin victor, meaning "conqueror," from vincere, "to conquer," the same root behind words like convince and invincible.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weik-
“to fight, conquer, or overcome”
Latin
Latin
vincere
“to conquer, overcome”
Latin
Latin
victor
“a conqueror; one who wins”
Old French
Old French
victor
“a winner, conqueror”
Middle English
English
victor
“a conqueror or winner”
Modern English
English
victor
“a person who defeats an opponent or succeeds in a contest”