Etymograph

English

coronilla

Coronilla comes from New Latin coronilla ‘coronilla (Coronilla)’, from Latin corona ‘crown’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to turn, bend’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-1‘to turn, bend’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορώνη1‘a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorona2‘crown’
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentcoronilla3
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900coronilla2‘coronilla (Coronilla)’
  6. Englishtodaycoronilla2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin corona
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English coronilla
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin coronilla

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-Wiktionary, Latin corona‘to turn, bend’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορώνηWiktionary, Latin corona‘a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoronaWiktionary, English coronilla‘crown’
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentcoronillaWiktionary, Latin coronilla
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900coronillaWiktionary, English coronilla‘coronilla (Coronilla)’
  6. EnglishtodaycoronillaWiktionary, English coronilla

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, 116 more

through Ancient Greek κορώνη ‘a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater’

crowning, corollary, 14 more

through Latin corona ‘crown’

crown, coronation, tosh, corolla, krona, 16 more

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.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “coronilla”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin corona, Latin coronilla. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / coronilla

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