Where does “cornsilog” come from?
cornsilog (English) comes from English corned beef, from English chief, from Middle English chef, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
cornsilog (English): a meal of corned beef with fried rice and fried egg
Definitions
- a meal of corned beef with fried rice and fried egg
Ancestry of “cornsilog”, step by step
cornsilog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English corned beef
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | corned beef | Smoke-cured and salted beef; Beef conserved in... |
| 2 | English | chief | A leader or head of a group of people,... |
| 3 | Middle English | chef | A leader, boss, or director; a chief official;... |
| 4 | Old French | chief | head; leader, chief; front |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capum | head, chief; head |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |