Originally Posted By: Jackie
... (of a crown), from corona (crown). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to turn or bend), which is also the source of ranch, rank, shrink, circle, circa, crisp, search, ring, curb, ridge, curve, and corolla. Earliest documented use: 1610.

How did ranch, crisp, and a couple of these others come from sker? I can see circle and curve, for ex., but not some of the rest.


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