'company-sponsored' originates from the combination of 'company' and 'sponsored', where 'company' refers to a business entity and 'sponsored' means financially supported.

'sponsored' changed from the Latin word 'sponsus', meaning 'pledged', and eventually became the modern English word 'sponsored'.

Initially, 'sponsored' meant 'pledged or promised', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'financially supported'.