Etymology

longhorn

long·horn
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Today it means: A breed of beef cattle, having long horns, bred in Texas and other parts of southwest United States. Full definition →

English horn ← Middle English horn ← Old English horn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dlongʰos
  2. Proto-Germanic*langaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*lang
  4. Old Englishlang
  5. Middle Englishlong
  6. Englishlong
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥h₂nós
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥h₂nóm
  11. Proto-Germanic*hurną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*horn
  13. Old Englishhorn
  14. Middle Englishhorn
  15. Englishhorn
  16. English todaylonghorn

From long + horn.

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