Where does “coronoia” come from?
coronoia (English) comes from English corona, from Italian corona, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
coronoia (English): Unfounded fear surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19, which may include fear of the spread of the virus or fear of governmental conspiracies in the reaction to the virus
Definitions
- Unfounded fear surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19, which may include fear of the spread of the virus or fear of governmental conspiracies in the reaction to the virus
Ancestry of “coronoia”, step by step
coronoia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English corona
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | corona | The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or... |
| 2 | Italian | corona | crown; coronet; wreath, chaplet |
| 3 | Latin | corōna | chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead |
| 4 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English paranoia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paranoia | A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παράνοια | derangement, madness |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |