Kern Definition

Origin of Kern

• A variant of corn, see Dutch kern, Old High German kerno, cherno, Middle High German kerne, kern, German Kern (“core, kernel”),Old Norse kjarni, Icelandic kjarni, Danish kjerne, Swedish kärna (“core, kernel”); see also kernel.

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• From French carne (“corner; projecting angle; quill of a pen”), from Latin cardinem (“hinge”) or from Etymology 1. The verb is a back-formation from kerned, which is from the noun.

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• Middle English kerne from Middle Irish ceithern, ceithernn band of soldiers from Old Irish

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• French carne corner from Old North French from Latin cardō cardin- hinge

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Middle Irish ceithern.

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