Etymology

corno

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Today it means: French horn Full definition →

Italian corno ← Latin cornu
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcornu“horn”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromcorno
  3. English todaycorno

From Italian corno, from Latin cornu (“horn”). Doublet of corn (“callus”), cornu, and horn.

Words from the same roots

Latincornu all →

corncornetcornettcornucornetto-corncornagecornificcornificationcorniformcornigeroustauricornous

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