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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

  1. A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a...

Ancestry of “crown”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishcorouneAn important, symbolic, or significant piece of...
2Old Frenchcoronerto crown
3Latincorōnō—
4Latincorōna—
5Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
6Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
7Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
8Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
9Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
10Proto-Italic-olos—
11Proto-Italic-elos—
12Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
13Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “crown”

  • Crown
  • crownless
  • crowneth
  • crownest
  • crownpiece
  • discrown
  • uncrown
  • crownlike
  • forecrown
  • crownwork
  • crownlet
  • recrown
  • crownward
  • crownpost
  • decrown
  • Blue Crown
  • crown grafting
  • nanocrown
  • crown saw
  • Red Crown
  • White Crown
  • becrown
  • crownlessness
  • crownable
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