Where does “Coriolanus” come from?
Coriolanus (Latin) comes from Latin Corioli, from Proto-Indo-European kóryos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
Coriolanus (Latin): Of, or from, Corioli
Ancestry of “Coriolanus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Corioli | name of a town |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |