Etymograph

English

corniculum

Corniculum comes from Latin corniculum ‘little horn’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorniculum‘little horn’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorniculum‘little horn’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘horn’

cheer, hart, horn, cerebral, crater, grail, migraine, carotid, procrastinate, cairn, keratin, cerebellum, cranium, cerebrum, rother, 50 more

through Proto-Italic *kornū ‘horn’

cornetto, 20 more

through Latin cornū ‘horn’

corny, cornea, cornet, 21 more

Today it means

noun A small horn-like part or process.

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

Etymograph / Latin corniculum / corniculum