Where does “crown” come from?
Crown comes from Middle English crowne, from Old French coroner, from Latin corona meaning a circular ornament worn on the head, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- meaning to turn or bend.
crown (English): A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a...
Definitions
- A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a...
Ancestry of “crown”, step by step
crown traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English coroune
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | coroune | An important, symbolic, or significant piece of... |
| 2 | Old French | coroner | to crown |
| 3 | Latin | corōnō | to crown, wreathe, coronate (with a garland, wreath, or crown) |
| 4 | Latin | corōna | chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead |
| 5 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 6 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 8 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Middle English crowne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | crowne | Alternative form of coroune; Alternative form of... |
| 2 | Old French | curune | Alternative form of corone |
| 3 | Latin | corona | garland, chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κορώνη | a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater; crow;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Middle English croune
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | croune | Alternative form of coroune |