Where does “crownwork” come from?

crownwork (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.

crownwork (English): A type of fortification, like a hornwork, but...

Definitions

  1. A type of fortification, like a hornwork, but...

Ancestry of “crownwork”, step by step

crownwork traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Crown

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCrownThe sovereign of a monarchy; often with reference to that of the Commonwealth realms
2Middle EnglishcorouneAn important, symbolic, or significant piece of...
3Old Frenchcoronerto crown
4Latincorōnōto crown, wreathe, coronate (with a garland, wreath, or crown)
5Latincorōnachaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead
6Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
7Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
8Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
9Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
10Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
11Proto-Italic-olos
12Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
13Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
14Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English work

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwork"Employment."; "Effort."; Sustained effort to...
2Middle Englishwerkwork
3Old Englishweorcwork, in various senses, including
4Proto-West Germanicwerkwork
5Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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