Where does “plushcrown” come from?
plushcrown (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.
plushcrown (English): An orange-fronted plushcrown, bird of species Metopothrix aurantiaca, the only species of genus Metopothrix, native to South America
Definitions
- An orange-fronted plushcrown, bird of species Metopothrix aurantiaca, the only species of genus Metopothrix, native to South America
Ancestry of “plushcrown”, step by step
plushcrown 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 plush
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plush | Very extravagant; Very expensive, or appearing... |
| 2 | French | peluche | plush (toy), fluff |
| 3 | Old French | peluchier | to peel; to clean |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *pilūc(i)cāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pilāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 7 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 8 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |