Etymology

coner

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Today it means: A marijuana cigarette tapered to a conical shape. Full definition →

English cone ← Middle English cone ← Medieval Latin cōnus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱeh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóh₃nos
  3. Ancient Greekκῶνος (kônos)
  4. Medieval Latincōnus
  5. Middle Englishcone
  6. Englishcone
  7. English todayconer

From cone + -er. Sense 2 alludes that nonnuclear-trained submariners spend most of their time at the cone of the ship.

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