Where does “kòn” come from?

kòn (Haitian Creole) 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.

kòn (Haitian Creole): horn

Definitions

  1. horn

Ancestry of “kòn”, 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 cornūEvery word from Latin cornua