English
cornuto
Cornuto comes from Italian cornuto ‘horned’, from Latin cornū ‘horn’, and ultimately from 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 CEcornū‘horn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcornūtus‘horned’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcornuto‘horned’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1597same 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 CEcornū‘horn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcornūtus‘horned’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcornuto‘horned’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1597same form
Earliest quotation: a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor: “No, Master Brook, but the peaking cornuto / her…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘horn’
cheer, hart, horn, cerebral, crater, grail, migraine, carotid, procrastinate, cerebellum, cranium, cairn, keratin, cerebrum, rother, 50 more
through Proto-Italic *kornū ‘horn’
through Latin cornū ‘horn’
Today it means
noun A cuckold.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- / cornuto