English
corniform
Corniform comes from Latin cornu ‘horn’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerh₂-‘horn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱorh₂ureconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kornū‘horn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcornu‘horn’
- Englishearliest quotation 1906corniform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerh₂-‘horn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱorh₂ureconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kornū‘horn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcornu‘horn’
- Englishearliest quotation 1906corniform
Earliest quotation: 1906, O. Henry: “Therefore Ikey's corniform, be-spectacled nose and narrow, knowledge-bowed figure…”
Formed from -iform
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘horn’
cheer, hart, horn, cerebral, crater, grail, migraine, carotid, procrastinate, cerebellum, cairn, keratin, cranium, cerebrum, rother, 50 more
through Proto-Italic *kornū ‘horn’
through Latin cornu ‘horn’
Today it means
adj Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- / corniform