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Where does “κορωνός” come from?

κορωνός (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

κορωνός (Ancient Greek): curved, crooked

Definitions

  1. curved, crooked

Ancestry of “κορωνός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “κορωνός”

  • crown
  • Crown
  • coronary
  • coronation
  • corollary
  • coronal
  • cornice
  • corona
  • coronet
  • corolla
  • coronavirus
  • kroner
  • intracoronary
  • krone
  • krona
  • carrel
  • crownless
  • coronae
  • crowneth
  • corniche
  • coronally
  • corniced
  • noncoronary
  • coronagraph
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