Etymology

alicorn

al·i·corn
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Today it means: A unicorn. Full definition →

Italian alicorno
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alicorn · noun1

  1. Italian · borrowed fromalicorno
  2. Italian · borrowed fromalicorno
  3. English todayalicorn

Borrowed from Italian alicorno.

alicorn · noun2

Term already associated with unicorns and reinterpreted as a blend of Latin āla (“wing”) + unicorn, popularized by Bearing an Hourglass (1984) and other fantasy novels by Piers Anthony.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.