Where does “crownlessness” come from?
crownlessness (English) comes from English crownless, from English Crown, from Middle English coroune, from Old French coroner, from Latin corōnō, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
crownlessness (English): The state of lacking a crown; A state of defeat,...
Definitions
- The state of lacking a crown; A state of defeat,...
Ancestry of “crownlessness”, step by step
crownlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crownless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crownless | Without a crown |
| 2 | English | Crown | The sovereign of a monarchy; often with reference to that of the Commonwealth realms |
| 3 | Middle English | coroune | An important, symbolic, or significant piece of... |
| 4 | Old French | coroner | to crown |
| 5 | Latin | corōnō | to crown, wreathe, coronate (with a garland, wreath, or crown) |
| 6 | Latin | corōna | chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead |
| 7 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 8 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 9 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 10 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 11 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |