A head ornament used as a sign of rank or rule.
A familiar word, four lives.
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Latin
corona
‘A wreath or garland’
into Anglo-French
Anglo-French
corone
‘A crown’
into Middle English
Middle English
coroune
‘A crown’
became English
English
crown
‘The head ornament’
English crown follows Anglo-French forms back to Latin corona, a wreath or garland. These cards stop at Latin: the deeper Greek relationship has qualifications that do not need to become part of a scored ordering puzzle.
This selects the French-to-English route. Merriam-Webster also records an earlier Old English borrowing from Latin, whose continuation is uncertain.
A royal object’s name can begin with something woven and worn on the head.