English
corneule
Corneule comes from New Latin corneolus ‘like or composed of horn, horny’.
- New Latinc. 1500–1900corneolus1as corneola‘like or composed of horn, horny’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcornéule1
- Englishearliest quotation 1856corneule1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English corneule
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1856, William Benjamin Carpenter: “Behind each “corneule" is a layer of dark pigment,…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- New Latinc. 1500–1900corneolusWiktionary, English corneuleas corneola‘like or composed of horn, horny’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcornéuleWiktionary, English corneule
- Englishearliest quotation 1856corneuleWiktionary, English corneule. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1856, William Benjamin Carpenter: “Behind each “corneule" is a layer of dark pigment,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘horn’
cheer, hart, horn, cerebral, crater, grail, migraine, carotid, procrastinate, cerebellum, cairn, cranium, keratin, cerebrum, rother, 52 more
through Latin cornū ‘horn’
Today it means
noun One of the corneas of a compound eye in certain invertebrates.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “corneule”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / New Latin corneolus / corneule