Where does “corné” come from?
corné (French) comes from Old French corne, from Vulgar Latin corna, from Latin cornua, from Latin cornū, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- — head, top; horn.
corné (French): horny; past participle of corner
Definitions
- horny; past participle of corner
Ancestry of “corné”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | corne | horn |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | corna | horn; nominative plural of cornum; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | cornua | nominative plural of cornū; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | cornū | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱerh₂- | head, top; horn |
Words derived from “corné”