Etymology and origin of the Latin word coronatio
- Confidence
- Established
- Formation
- Derivation
- First attested
- 354–430 Augustine More words from the 4th century
- Ultimate origin
- Latin corōnō
Etymology tree
From the same root
Forms
corōnātiō f (genitive corōnātiōnis); third declension[1] Medieval texts also spell it coronacio.[2]
Etymology
It is formed from Latin corōnō (“to crown”) + -tiō.[1][3] The verb comes from corōna (“crown, garland”),[3] which Wiktionary derives from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “anything curved; a crown”).[1]
Earliest recorded meaning
Augustine uses it in the City of God for the garlanding of the male member (coronatio virilium pudendorum).[3][4]
Semantic evolution
In Late Latin it meant a crowning or garlanding.[3][4] In Medieval Latin it became the word for the coronation of a ruler, of the emperor or the king, for the feast at which a king was crowned, and for the Coronation of the Virgin Mary.[2][5] Ecclesiastical Latin keeps the sense coronation.[6]
Timeline
- 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it of garlanding the male member.[3][7]
- second half of the 11th century – An order for the imperial coronation uses it of the crowning of the emperor.[2]
- 1170 – The Pipe Rolls record a robe for the coronation of the king's son.[5]
Meanings
Noun
- (Late Latin) A crowning, garlanding.[3][4][8]
- (Medieval Latin) The coronation of a ruler; the feast of a coronation.[2][5][6][1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ a b c d Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- ^ a b c d e f Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- ^ a b c Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
- ^ a b c Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
- ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
- ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
- ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
Cite this entry
“Coronatio.” Etymologically, 7 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/la/coronatio. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.
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