Etymograph

English

crownment

Crownment comes from Middle English coronement ‘a crowning or installation as monarch’, from Old French coronemant ‘coronation’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱorh₂-1reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορώνη1korṓnē‘crow’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorōna1‘chaplet, laurel, or wreath’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorōnō2as corōnāre‘to furnish with a garland, crown, wreathe’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400coroner3‘to crown’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400coronemant4as coronement‘coronation’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500coronement4‘a crowning or installation as monarch’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1697crownment4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin corono
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Old French coroner
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Old French coronemant
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English crownment
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1697, Henry Rhodes, The Present State of Europe: “About the Crownment are thirteen little Boys with different…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱorh₂-Wiktionary, Latin coronoreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορώνηWiktionary, Latin coronokorṓnē‘crow’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorōnaWiktionary, Latin corono‘chaplet, laurel, or wreath’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorōnōWiktionary, Old French coroneras corōnāre‘to furnish with a garland, crown, wreathe’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400coronerWiktionary, Old French coronemant‘to crown’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400coronemantWiktionary, English crownmentas coronement‘coronation’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500coronementWiktionary, English crownment‘a crowning or installation as monarch’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1697crownmentWiktionary, English crownment. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1697, Henry Rhodes, The Present State of Europe: “About the Crownment are thirteen little Boys with different…”

Formed from crown + -ment

Ancient Greek κορώνη ‘crow; anything curved; a crown’

Latin corōna ‘crown, wreath’

Anglo-Norman corone

Middle English coroune ‘a crown’

English crown

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-

corniche, 10 more

through Ancient Greek κορώνη ‘crow’

corollary, coronal, 11 more

through Latin corōna ‘chaplet, laurel, or wreath’

coronary, corona, corolla, tosh, coronet, krona, 13 more

through Latin corōnō ‘to furnish with a garland, crown, wreathe’

coronation, 4 more

through Old French coroner ‘to crown’

coroner, 2 more

Today it means

noun The act of crowning; coronation.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “crownment”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin corono, Old French coroner, Old French coronemant. 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 *ḱorh₂- / crownment

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