coronet

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκορώνη“a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater; a crow; anything curved or hooked (like a door handle or the tip of a bow); a type of crown”
2. Latin · derived fromcorona
3. Old French · derived fromcoronete
4. Middle French · borrowed fromcouronnette
5. English todaycoronet

From Middle French couronnette, from Old French coronete, diminutive of corone (“crown”), from Latin corona, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater; a crow; anything curved or hooked (like a door handle or the tip of a bow); a type of crown”).

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