Where does “écorner” come from?

écorner (French) comes from French corné, from Old French corne, from Vulgar Latin corna, from Latin cornua, from Latin cornū, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- — head, top; horn.

écorner (French): to remove the horns of; dehorn

Definitions

  1. to remove the horns of; dehorn

Ancestry of “écorner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcornéhorny; past participle of corner
2Old Frenchcornehorn
3Vulgar Latincornahorn; nominative plural of cornum; accusative...
4Latincornuanominative plural of cornū; accusative plural of...
5Latincornūhorn; antler
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-head, top; horn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- →Every word from Latin cornū →Every word from Latin cornua →