coronation

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcorōnō“to coronate, crown (with a crown, garland, etc.)”
2. Late Latin · derived from*corōnātiōnem
3. Old French · derived fromcoronacion
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcoronacion
5. Middle English · inherited fromcoronacion
6. English todaycoronation

From Late Middle English coronacion, coronacioun (“crowning of a sovereign or his consort; powers conferred by this ceremony; crowning of the Virgin Mary; (figuratively) placing of a crown of thorns on Jesus; act of rewarding a person with eternal life, happiness, honour, etc.”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman coronacion and Old French coronacion, coronation, from Late Latin *corōnātiōnem, from Latin corōnō (“to coronate, crown (with a crown, garland, etc.)”) + -ātiōnem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results). Corōnō is derived from corōna (“garland, wreath; crown”).