Where does “bicornous” come from?

bicornous (English) comes from Latin bicornis, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

bicornous (English): Having two horns; bicorn

Definitions

  1. Having two horns; bicorn

Ancestry of “bicornous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbicornistwo-horned; two-pronged
2Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -is →Every word from Latin -a →