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Where does “corona” come from?

corona (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish corona, 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.

corona (Spanish): crown; corona; wreath; ring, circle

Definitions

  1. crown; corona; wreath; ring, circle

Ancestry of “corona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcorona—
2Latincorōna—
3Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
4Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
5Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
6Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “corona”

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