Where does “corolla” come from?
Corolla derives from Latin corolla, a diminutive of Latin corona, from Ancient Greek κορώνη, ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- meaning to turn or bend.
corolla (English): An outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed...
Definitions
- An outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed...
Ancestry of “corolla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | corōlla | — |
| 2 | Latin | corōna | — |
| 3 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus:
## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “corolla”