Where does “kronprins” come from?
kronprins (Danish) comes from Danish prins, from Middle Low German prinze, from German Prinz, from French prince, from Middle French prince, from Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
kronprins (Danish): crown prince
Definitions
- crown prince
Ancestry of “kronprins”, step by step
kronprins traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish prins
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | prins | prince; prince consort |
| 2 | Middle Low German | prinze | — |
| 3 | German | Prinz | prince |
| 4 | French | prince | prince |
| 5 | Middle French | prince | prince |
| 6 | Old French | prince | prince |
| 7 | Latin | prīnceps | first, foremost |
| 8 | Latin | primoceps | — |
| 9 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Danish krone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | krone | crown; krone, crown; heads |
| 2 | Middle Low German | krōne | — |
| 3 | Latin | corōna | chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead |
| 4 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |