Etymology

cornuto

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Today it means: A cuckold. Full definition →

Italian cornuto ← Latin cornūtus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcornūtus“horned”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromcornuto
  3. English todaycornuto

Borrowed from Italian cornuto, from Latin cornūtus (“horned”).

Words from the same roots

Italiancornuto all →

cornutor

Latincornūtus all →

cornutecornutor

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.