Where does “cornée” come from?

cornée (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.

cornée (French): feminine singular of corné; cornea

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of corné; cornea

Ancestry of “cornée”, 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

Words derived from “cornée”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- →Every word from Latin cornū →Every word from Latin cornua →