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Added 10 October 2026

cornu

noun

Latin root: cornū Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about cornu at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
A brass instrument from Ancient Rome about 3 metres long in the shape of a letter 'G'.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin cornū (“horn”). Doublet of corn (“callus”), corno, and horn.

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