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coronilla
Coronilla comes from New Latin coronilla ‘coronilla (Coronilla)’, from Latin corona ‘crown’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to turn, bend’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to turn, bend’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορώνη‘a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorona‘crown’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcoronilla
- New Latinc. 1500–1900same form‘coronilla (Coronilla)’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to turn, bend’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορώνη‘a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorona‘crown’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcoronilla
- New Latinc. 1500–1900same form‘coronilla (Coronilla)’
- Englishtodaysame form
Formed from -illa
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to turn, bend’
share, short, across, card, cancer, screen, cross, shirt, circle, circuit, score, crucial, curve, scare, circus, skirt, curb, scar, scrutiny, shrine, carnival, circulation, crest, circa, shear, cancellation, shred, carnage, incarceration, raffle, carcinoma, shrewd, crux, circulate, shard, carnal, cirque, riddance, scorpion, crepe, 117 more
through Ancient Greek κορώνη ‘a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater’
through Latin corona ‘crown’
Today it means
noun Any of the genus Coronilla of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / coronilla