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Where does “coronetted” come from?

coronetted (English) comes from English coronet, from Middle French couronnette, from Old French coronete, from Old French corone, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

coronetted (English): Bearing one or more coronets

Definitions

  1. Bearing one or more coronets

Ancestry of “coronetted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoronetA small crown, such as is worn by a noble; The...
2Middle Frenchcouronnette—
3Old Frenchcoronete—
4Old Frenchcoronecrown
5Latincorōna—
6Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
7Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
8Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
9Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
10Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
11Proto-Italic-olos—
12Proto-Italic-elos—
13Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
14Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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