crown · noun, adjective, verb1
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκορώνη
- Latin · derived fromcorōna“crown, wreath”
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromcorone
- Middle English · inherited fromcoroune
- English todaycrown
Inherited from Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. Displaced Old English corenbēag (“crown”) and Middle English kinehelm, kynehelm, from Old English cynehelm (“crown”, literally “kinhelm” or “king's helm”). The paper sizes (etymology 1, noun sense 18) are so called because the papers were originally watermarked with a crown.
crown · verb2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Crown · proper noun3
From crown.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.