Where does “crooner” come from?
crooner (French) comes from English crooner, from English croon, from Middle Dutch crônen, from Middle Dutch crône, from Old Dutch corōna, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
crooner (French): crooner; to croon
Definitions
- crooner; to croon
Ancestry of “crooner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crooner | One who croons; a singer, usually male,... |
| 2 | English | croon | To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner;... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | crônen | to groan, to moan |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | crône | crown, wreath |
| 5 | Old Dutch | corōna | — |
| 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 |