English
cornutor
Cornutor comes from Italian cornuto ‘horned’, from Latin cornu ‘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 CEcornu‘horn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcornūtus‘horned, having horns’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcornuto‘horned’
- Englishearliest quotation 1659cornutor
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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcornūtus‘horned, having horns’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcornuto‘horned’
- Englishearliest quotation 1659cornutor
Earliest quotation: 1659, Robert Heath, Why the Cornutee loves the Cornutor?: “Or as the Spaniel who loves his Master the…”
Equivalent to cornute + -or
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘horn’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂u
Proto-Italic *kornū ‘horn’
Latin cornu ‘horn’
Latin cornūtus ‘horned, having horns’
English cornute
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 cornu ‘horn’
Today it means
noun One who makes another person into a cuckold.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- / cornutor