Proto-Italic

*kornū

‘horn’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *kornū.

25 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *kornū, most familiar first.

• corny ← cornu
• cornea ← cornea tela ← cornu
• cornet ← cornū
• cornetto ← corno ← cornū
• cornu
• cornett ← cornet ← corne ← cornū
• corno ← cornu
• licorne ← unicorne ← ūnicornis ← cornū
• biscornu ← cornu ← cornūtus ← cornū
• corniculum ← cornū
• cornuate ← cornuātus ← cornū
• cornuto ← cornūtus ← cornū

More words from *kornū

• cornigerous
• cornute
• cornage
• cornicle
• corniculate
• cornific
• cornification
• corniform
• corneolus
• cornify
• cornutor
• corneule
• tauricornous

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kornū