corn · noun, verb1
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂-nós
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂nóm
- Proto-Germanic*kurną
- Proto-West Germanic*korn
- Old Englishcorn
- Middle Englishcorn
- English todaycorn
Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Low German Koorn, German Korn, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish korn; see also Albanian grurë, Russian зерно́ (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum and Lithuanian žirnis. Doublet of grain, gram, granum, and grao. The sense maize (Zea mays) is an ellipsis of Indian corn that developed in 18th century North America.
corn · noun2
- Latin · derived fromcornū
- Old French · derived fromcorn
- Middle English · inherited fromcorne
- English todaycorn
English cornInherited from Middle English corne, from Old French corn (modern French cor), from Latin cornū. Doublet of corno, cornu, and horn.
corn · noun3
From corny.
corn · noun4
Rhyming euphemism for porn, and with influence from the emoji substitute 🌽.
Corn · proper noun5
* As an English surname, from the nouns crane, corn, and quern. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Korn, meaning "grain."
Words from the same roots
Old Englishcorn all →
Latincornū all →
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