Where does “pericoronal” come from?
pericoronal (English) comes from English coronal, from Middle English coronal, from Anglo-Norman coronal, from Latin corōnālis, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pericoronal (English): Surrounding a corona (of a flower)
Definitions
- Surrounding a corona (of a flower)
Ancestry of “pericoronal”, step by step
pericoronal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coronal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coronal | Relating to a crown or coronation; Relating to... |
| 2 | Middle English | coronal | A tiara; a crown lacking arches or covering; The... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | coronal | — |
| 4 | Latin | corōnālis | of or pertaining to a crown; issuing from a 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 peri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peri | A sprite or supernatural being |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پری | fairy |
| 3 | Persian | پری | sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian... |
| 4 | Persian | پر | full; feather; wing |
| 5 | Middle Persian | purr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | pr̥Hnáh | full, filled |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hnás | full, filled |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |