Where does “corn” come from?

corn (Middle English) comes from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic korn, from Proto-Germanic kurną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

corn (Middle English): Any plant that bears grain, especially wheat; a...

Definitions

  1. Any plant that bears grain, especially wheat; a...

Ancestry of “corn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcorncorn, a grain or seed; a cornlike pimple, a corn...
2Proto-West Germanickorncorn, grain, cereal
3Proto-Germanickurnącorn, grain, cereal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “corn”

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