Where does “croning” come from?

croning (English) comes from English crone, from Middle English crone, from Middle English crane, from Old French cran, from Medieval Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα, from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə.

croning (English): A Wiccan or feminist ceremony that recognizes older women as wise and experienced "crones"

Definitions

  1. A Wiccan or feminist ceremony that recognizes older women as wise and experienced "crones"

Ancestry of “croning”, step by step

croning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English crone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcroneAn old woman; An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman;...
2Middle EnglishcroneAlternative form of crane
3Middle Englishcranecrane; cranium
4Old Frenchcran
5Medieval Latincraniumskull
6Ancient Greekκρανίονskull; head
7Ancient Greekκάραhead, face; the head or top of anything, as of a...
8Proto-Hellenic*kárahə

via English ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingA meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;...
2Middle Englishing
3Old Englishingmeadow, water meadow, ing
4Old Norseengmeadow
5Proto-GermanicangijōA low lying meadow in a valley or near a river
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énkoscurve, bend
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kárahəEvery word from Ancient Greek κάραEvery word from Ancient Greek κρανίον
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