horn

Middle English

/ˈhɔrn/

noun
Definitions
  • A horn keratinous growth on one's head:
  • A jutting or projecting extremity of something, especially one resembling a horn:
  • A horn gently curved musical instrument
  • Any other hard bodily extension in humans or beasts (e.g. a claw)
  • A horn-shaped container, especially one used like a glass.
  • (rare) A half or section of an army, troop, or band.
  • (rare) The eyestalk of a gastropod or an analogous projection.
  • (rare) Bovids which are horned as a collective.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English horn (horn) inherited from *horn inherited from Proto-Germanic *hurną (horn) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱr̥h₂nós

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