Where does “crone” come from?
Crone comes from Old French carogne, from Vulgar Latin caronia, originally meaning a carcass or rotting flesh.
crone (English): An old woman; An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman;...
Definitions
- An old woman; An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman;...
Ancestry of “crone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | crone | Alternative form of crane |
| 2 | Middle English | crane | crane; cranium |
| 3 | Old French | cran | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | cranium | skull |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κρανίον | skull; head |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κάρα | head, face; the head or top of anything, as of a... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kárahə | — |
Words derived from “crone”