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Where does “amphicoronate” come from?

amphicoronate (English) comes from English coronate, from Latin corōnātus, from Latin corōnō, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

amphicoronate (English): Arranged alternately up and down

Definitions

  1. Arranged alternately up and down

Ancestry of “amphicoronate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoronateTo crown a sovereign; Having or wearing a crown;...
2Latincorōnātus—
3Latincorōnō—
4Latincorōna—
5Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
6Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
7Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
8Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
9Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
10Proto-Italic-olos—
11Proto-Italic-elos—
12Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
13Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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