Where does “coronation” come from?
Coronation derives from Middle English coronacion, from Anglo-Norman coronacion, from Late Latin coronatio, from Latin corono, from Latin corona meaning "crown," from Ancient Greek κορώνη, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-.
coronation (English): The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the...
Definitions
- The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the...
Ancestry of “coronation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | coronacion | A crowning or installation as monarch; The... |
| 2 | Old French | coronacion | coronation |
| 3 | Late Latin | coronatio | — |
| 4 | Latin | corōnō | — |
| 5 | Latin | corōna | — |
| 6 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 7 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus:
## nominative/vocative... |
| 9 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 10 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “coronation”