English
corona
Corona comes from Latin corōna ‘crown’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to turn, bend’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to turn, bend’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορώνηkorṓnē‘type of crown’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorōna‘crown’
- Englishearliest quotation 1740corona
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to turn, bend’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορώνηkorṓnē‘type of crown’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorōna‘crown’
- Englishearliest quotation 1740corona
Earliest quotation: 1740, Patrick Blair, The Osteology of an Elephant, with a Brief Account of Its Pa: “[page 317] The lower jaw conſiſts of one large…”
The story
The noun is borrowed from Latin corōna (‘crown; garland, wreath’), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “type of crown; curved object (door handle, tip of a bow, stern of a ship, etc.)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (‘to turn, bend’). The English word is a doublet of crown, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. The plural form coronae is borrowed from Latin corōnae.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to turn, bend’
share, short, card, across, cancer, screen, cross, shirt, circle, circuit, score, crucial, curve, scare, circus, skirt, carnival, circulation, curb, scar, scrutiny, shrine, crest, cancellation, circa, shear, shred, incarceration, raffle, circulate, carcinoma, shrewd, carnage, crux, shard, cirque, riddance, crepe, scorpion, ruck, 117 more
through Ancient Greek κορώνη ‘type of crown’
through Latin corōna ‘crown’
Another origin of corona
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱorh₂-reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορώνηkorṓnē‘a type of seabird, perhaps a shearwater’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorōna‘chaplet, laurel, or wreath’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcorona‘coronet’
- Englishtodaycorona
Another origin of corona
- Spanishc. 1500–presentLa Coronaliterally ‘The Crown’
- Englishtodaycorona
Borrowed from Spanish La Corona (literally “The Crown”), a brand of cigars from Havana, Cuba.
Today it means
noun A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / corona