corona

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • garland, chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead
  • crown
  • circle (of people), assembly

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορώνη (wreath, garland, a type of crown, perhaps shearwater, anything curved, anything curved hooked, crown, a type of sea-bird, tip, end, something curved, point, curved stern of a ship, crow, a crow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)ker-

Gloss

cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

踊

Emoji
✂️ ✂️ 🎬️

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