English
corno
Corno comes from Italian corno ‘horn, antler’, 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’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcorno‘horn, antler’
- Englishtodaysame form
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’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcorno‘horn, antler’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘horn’
cheer, hart, cerebral, crater, grail, horn, migraine, carotid, procrastinate, cerebellum, cranium, keratin, cairn, cerebrum, rother, 50 more
through Latin cornu ‘horn’
corny, cornea, cornet, 20 more
through Italian corno ‘horn, antler’
Today it means
noun French horn
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- / corno