Where does “forecrown” come from?
forecrown (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.
forecrown (English): The front of the crown of an animal’s head
Definitions
- The front of the crown of an animal’s head
Ancestry of “forecrown”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Crown | — |
| 2 | Middle English | coroune | An important, symbolic, or significant piece of... |
| 3 | Old French | coroner | to crown |
| 4 | Latin | corōnō | — |
| 5 | Latin | corōna | — |
| 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 | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |