Where does “crowne” come from?
crowne (Middle English) comes from Old French corone, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
crowne (Middle English): Alternative form of coroune; Alternative form of...
Definitions
- Alternative form of coroune; Alternative form of...
Ancestry of “crowne”, step by step
crowne traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French corone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | corone | crown |
| 2 | Latin | corōna | chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead |
| 3 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Old French curune
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | curune | Alternative form of corone |
| 2 | Latin | corona | garland, chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κορώνη | a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater; crow;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Anglo-Norman coroune
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | coroune | — |