Corn definition
An example of corn is to bring grain out to the horses.
Peppercorn, barleycorn.
Corn the horses.
Ale strong enough to corn one.
An example of corn is something people eat on Thanksgiving.
An example of a corn is a painful bump on the toe.
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Origin of corn
- Middle English corne from Old French horn from Latin cornū ker-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English grain from Old English gr̥ə-no- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), neuter participle of Proto-Indo-European *ǵer- (“to wear down”), or a substantivized form of *ǵr̥h₂-nós (“matured, grown old”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, Low German Koorn, German Korn, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish korn; see also Russian зерно (zerno), Czech zrno, Latin grānum, Lithuanian žirnis, Persian خرمن (xarman), and English grain.
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- This use was first used in 1932, as corny, something appealing to country folk.
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- From Old French corn (modern French cor).
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