Etymograph

English

incoronate

Incoronate may come from Italian incoronare ‘to crown’, from Latin corōna ‘chaplet, laurel, or wreath’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱorh₂-1uncertain
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορώνη1korṓnē‘a type of seabird, perhaps a shearwater’uncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorōna1‘chaplet, laurel, or wreath’uncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorōnō2as corōnāre‘to crown, wreathe, coronate’uncertain
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentcoronare3‘to crown’uncertain
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentincoronare4as incoronato‘to crown’uncertain
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1867incoronate4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin corono
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Italian coronare
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Italian incoronare
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English incoronate
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1867, Dante Alighieri, Canto IV: “I was a novice in this state, / When…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱorh₂-Wiktionary, Latin coronouncertain
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορώνηWiktionary, Latin coronokorṓnē‘a type of seabird, perhaps a shearwater’uncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorōnaWiktionary, Latin corono‘chaplet, laurel, or wreath’uncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorōnōWiktionary, Italian coronareas corōnāre‘to crown, wreathe, coronate’uncertain
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentcoronareWiktionary, Italian incoronare‘to crown’uncertain
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentincoronareWiktionary, English incoronateas incoronato‘to crown’uncertain
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1867incoronateWiktionary, English incoronate. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1867, Dante Alighieri, Canto IV: “I was a novice in this state, / When…”

first attested First attested in 1855 (as stated in Wiktionary’s etymology)

The story

First attested in 1855; either borrowed from Italian incoronato or Latin incorōnātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-

corniche, 8 more

through Ancient Greek κορώνη ‘a type of seabird, perhaps a shearwater’

corollary, coronal, 9 more

through Latin corōna ‘chaplet, laurel, or wreath’

crown, tosh, coroner, corolla, coronary, corona, coronet, krona, 11 more

through Latin corōnō ‘to crown, wreathe, coronate’

crowning, coronation, 3 more

Today it means

adj Crowned.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “incoronate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin corono, Italian coronare, Italian incoronare. 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- / incoronate

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