Where does “Kronprinz” come from?
Kronprinz (German) comes from German krōne, from Middle High German krōne, from Old High German corōna, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Kronprinz (German): crown prince
Definitions
- crown prince
Ancestry of “Kronprinz”, step by step
Kronprinz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German krōne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | krōne | crown |
| 2 | Middle High German | krōne | — |
| 3 | Old High German | corōna | — |
| 4 | Latin | corōna | chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead |
| 5 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 6 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 8 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via German Prinz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Prinz | prince |
| 2 | French | prince | prince |
| 3 | Middle French | prince | prince |
| 4 | Old French | prince | prince |
| 5 | Latin | prīnceps | first, foremost |
| 6 | Latin | primoceps | — |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |