Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region. · Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays. · A single seed of a food crop, especially a cereal grass crop. · A small, hard particle.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Germanic *kurną Proto-West Germanic *korn Old English corn Middle English corn English corn Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Low German Koorn, German Korn, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish korn; see also Albanian grurë, Russian зерно́ (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum and Lithuanian žirnis. Doublet of grain, gram, granum, and grao. The sense maize (Zea mays) is an ellipsis of Indian corn that developed in 18th century North America.
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- Root classification mention*ǵerh₂-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentioncornenm
- Inherited-form mentioncornang
- Inherited-form mention*korngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*kurnągem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*ǵr̥h₂nómine-pro · grain; worn-down
- Cognate mentionkorennl
- Cognate mentionKornde
- Cognate mentiongrurësq
- Cognate mentionзерно́ru
- Cognate mentionzrnocs
- Cognate mentiongrānumla
- Cognate mentionžirnislt
- Doublet mentiongrainen
- Doublet mentiongramen
- Doublet mentiongranumen
- Doublet mentiongraoen
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"Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.",
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