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Where does “uncrown” come from?

uncrown (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.

uncrown (English): To deprive of the monarchy or other authority or...

Definitions

  1. To deprive of the monarchy or other authority or...

Ancestry of “uncrown”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrownA royal, imperial or princely headdress; a...
2Middle EnglishcorouneAn important, symbolic, or significant piece of...
3Old Frenchcoronerto crown
4Latincorōnō—
5Latincorōna—
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-elos—
13Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
14Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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