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English word crown comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) κορώνη, and later Old French (842-ca. 1400) corone (Crown (decoration for the head).)
κορώνη (Ancient Greek)
corona (Latin)
Crown. Garland, chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead.
corone (Old French)
Crown (decoration for the head).
coroune (Anglo-Norman)
crown (English)
(board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.. (firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.. (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.. (military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.. (nautical) To lay the ends [...]