English
lamellicorn
Lamellicorn comes from French lamellicorne.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlamellicorne
- Englishtodaylamellicorn
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlamellicorne
- Englishtodaylamellicorn
A compound of lamella ‘a thin plate’ + cornu ‘a horn’
Proto-Indo-European *stelh₃- ‘broad, to broaden’
Latin lāmina ‘thin plate’
Latin lamella ‘a thin plate’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘horn’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂u
Proto-Italic *kornū ‘horn’
Latin cornu ‘a horn’
Every English word from French lamellicorne
Today it means
adj Having a group of flat lamellae on the end.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French lamellicorne / lamellicorn