crown: [12] Crowns appear to have been named essentially from their circular shape. The word’s ultimate source, Greek korónē, simply meant ‘something curved’ (it came from the adjective korōnos ‘curved’, which was a relative of Latin curvus ‘curved’). Latin borrowed it as corōna ‘circular garland’, and passed it on via Old French corone and Anglo-Norman corune to English.
Latin also derived a verb from it, corōnāre, which ultimately became the English verb crown and also, of course, formed the basis of English coronation [14]. Other English descendants of Latin corōna (which itself became an English word in the 16th century) are the two diminutives coronet [15] and corolla [17] (source of corollary), coroner [14] (originally an ‘officer of the crown’), and coronary.
The use of crown for certain coins (based of course on their being stamped with the figure of a crown) dates in English from the 14th century; it is also reflected in such coin names as Swedish krona and Danish and Norwegian krone. => corollary, coronation, coroner, coronet, curve
crown (v.)
late 12c., from Old French coroner, from corone (see crown (n.)). Related: Crowned; crowning. The latter in its sense of "that makes complete" is from 1650s.
crown (n.)
early 12c., "royal crown," from Anglo-French coroune, Old French corone (13c., Modern French couronne), from Latin corona "crown," originally "wreath, garland," related to Greek korone "anything curved, kind of crown." Old English used corona, directly from Latin.
Extended to coins bearing the imprint of a crown (early 15c.), especially the British silver 5-shilling piece. Also monetary units in Iceland, Sweden (krona), Norway, Denmark (krone), and formerly in German Empire and Austria-Hungary (krone). Meaning "top of the skull" is from c. 1300. Crown-prince is 1791, a translation of German kronprinz.
例文
1. She says the sovereignty of the Crown must be presrved.
彼女は王国政府の主権を守らなければならないと言った。
2.He laid his hand gently on the crown of her head.
彼は彼女の頭の上に手を軽く置いた。
3.He appeared at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday on a drink-driving charge.
彼は酔っ払い運転の罪で木曜日にマンチェスターの刑事裁判所で裁判を受けた。
4. Bristol Crown Court granted conditional bail with a surety of ￡2,500.
英ブリストル刑事裁判所は、保証金2500ポンドの条件付き保釈を許可した。
5.He is expected to be committed for trial at Liverpool Crown Court.