Where does “precoronation” come from?
precoronation (English) comes from English coronation, from Middle English coronacion, from Old French coronacion, from Late Latin coronatio, from Latin corōnō, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
precoronation (English): Before a coronation
Definitions
- Before a coronation
Ancestry of “precoronation”, step by step
precoronation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coronation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coronation | The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the... |
| 2 | Middle English | coronacion | A crowning or installation as monarch; The... |
| 3 | Old French | coronacion | coronation |
| 4 | Late Latin | coronatio | — |
| 5 | Latin | corōnō | to crown, wreathe, coronate (with a garland, wreath, or crown) |
| 6 | Latin | corōna | chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead |
| 7 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 8 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 9 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 10 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 11 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |