coroner(n.) title of a county or municipal officer with certain duties, mid-14c. (mid-13c. as a…

coroner(n.) title of a county or municipal officer with certain duties, mid-14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), corouner , from Anglo-French curuner , from Anglo-Latin custos placitorum coronae (late 12c.), originally the title of the officer with the duty of protecting the private property of the royal family, from Latin corona , literally "crown" (see crown (n.)). huh!