English
corniculate
Corniculate comes from Latin corniculātus ‘horn-shaped, horned’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerh₂-1‘horn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱorh₂u1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kornū2‘horn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcornū3‘horn’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorniculātus4‘horn-shaped, horned’
- Englishtodaycorniculate4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *kornū
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin cornu
- 3 Wiktionary, Latin corniculatus
- 4 Wiktionary, English corniculate
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerh₂-Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *kornū‘horn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱorh₂uWiktionary, Proto-Italic *kornūreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kornūWiktionary, Latin cornu‘horn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcornūWiktionary, Latin corniculatus‘horn’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorniculātusWiktionary, English corniculate‘horn-shaped, horned’
- EnglishtodaycorniculateWiktionary, English corniculate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘horn’
cheer, hart, horn, cerebral, grail, migraine, crater, carotid, cairn, cerebellum, procrastinate, cranium, keratin, cerebrum, rother, 49 more
through Proto-Italic *kornū ‘horn’
through Latin cornū ‘horn’
Today it means
adj Horned; having horns.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “corniculate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Italic *kornū, Latin cornu, Latin corniculatus. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- / corniculate