Where does “crownophane” come from?
crownophane (English) comes from English Crown, from Middle English coroune, from Old French coroner, from Latin corōnō, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
crownophane (English): A cyclophane that has some similarities to a crown ether
Definitions
- A cyclophane that has some similarities to a crown ether
Ancestry of “crownophane”, step by step
crownophane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Crown
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Crown | The sovereign of a monarchy; often with reference to that of the Commonwealth realms |
| 2 | Middle English | coroune | An important, symbolic, or significant piece of... |
| 3 | Old French | coroner | to crown |
| 4 | Latin | corōnō | to crown, wreathe, coronate (with a garland, wreath, or crown) |
| 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 cyclophane
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cyclophane | A hydrocarbon consisting an aromatic unit and an... |
| 2 | English | cyclo- | Circle, circular; A cyclic compound; Cyclone |
| 3 | English | cycle | An interval of space or time in which one set of... |
| 4 | Catalan | cicle | cycle |
| 5 | Latin | cyclus | a circle; a cycle, recurring period; a branding... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κύκλος | circle, ring; Any circular object, such as a... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷékʷlos | wheel; circle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |