The story
- Russian · semantic loan fromединоро́г
- French · borrowed fromlicorne
- English todaylicorne
From French licorne, semantic loan from Russian единоро́г (jedinoróg, literally “unicorn”), in reference to the unicorn on the coat of arms of count P. I. Shuvalov, who introduced this type of artillery piece. Doublet of unicorn.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.