Etymograph

English

Vernon

Vernon comes from Transalpine Gaulish uerna ‘alder’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wern-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wern-‘a kind of tree, perhaps alder’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*wernā‘alder’root as named · steps between not traced
  3. Transalpine Gaulishmodernuerna‘alder’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2002Vernon

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wern-‘a kind of tree, perhaps alder’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*wernā‘alder’root as named · steps between not traced
  3. Transalpine Gaulishmodernuerna‘alder’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2002Vernon

Earliest quotation: 2002, Damon Hack, Boxing: Despite Not Having the Title, Mosley Garners Attenti: “Whether it is the soul food restaurant on 38th…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *wern-

Today it means

name A town in Eure department, Normandy, France.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wern- / Vernon

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