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Where does “coronet” come from?

Coronet comes from Middle French couronnette, from Old French coronete, from Old French corone, from Latin corona, from Ancient Greek κορώνη, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-.

coronet (English): A small crown, such as is worn by a noble; The...

Definitions

  1. A small crown, such as is worn by a noble; The...

Ancestry of “coronet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcouronnette—
2Old Frenchcoronete—
3Old Frenchcoronecrown
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

Words derived from “coronet”

  • coronetted
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