Etymology

barleycorn

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Today it means: A grain of barley. Full definition →

English corn ← Middle English corn ← Old English corn
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The story

  1. Englishbarley
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂-nós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂nóm
  5. Proto-Germanic*kurną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*korn
  7. Old Englishcorn
  8. Middle Englishcorn
  9. Englishcorn
  10. English todaybarleycorn

From barley + corn.

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