Where does “croony” come from?
croony (English) comes from English croon, from Middle Dutch crônen, from Middle Dutch crône, from Old Dutch corōna, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
croony (English): Characterized by crooning
Definitions
- Characterized by crooning
Ancestry of “croony”, step by step
croony traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English croon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | croon | To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | crônen | to groan, to moan |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | crône | crown, wreath |
| 4 | Old Dutch | corōna | — |
| 5 | Latin | corōna | chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead |
| 6 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 7 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 9 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 10 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |