Etymology

cornpone

C3O1R1N1P3O1N1E1

Today it means: A form of cornbread made without milk or eggs. Full definition →

English pone ← Middle English pone ← Anglo-Norman pone
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂-nós
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂nóm
  4. Proto-Germanic*kurną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*korn
  6. Old Englishcorn
  7. Middle Englishcorn
  8. Englishcorn
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  12. Proto-Italic*po
  13. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  15. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
  17. Proto-Italic*sinō
  18. Proto-Italic*pozinō
  19. Latinponē
  20. Anglo-Normanpone
  21. Middle Englishpone
  22. Englishpone
  23. English todaycornpone

From corn + pone.

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