Horn

Morpheme

Horn

Type

free base

Denotation

conical growth or projection

Etymology

Middle English horn, horne; Old English horn

Evidence

airhorn, behorn, bighorn, blowhorn, buckhorn, bullhorn, butterhorn, deerhorn, dehorn, demihorn, dishorn, earhorn, elkhorn, feedhorn, flowerhorn, foghorn, hartshorn, horn, hornball, hornbeak, hornbeam, hornbill, hornblower, hornbook, hornbug, horncore, horned, horner, hornful, hornier, horniest, hornification, horning, hornish, hornist, hornless, hornless, hornlet, hornlike, horns, hornsnake, hornstone, horntail, hornwork, hornworm, hornwort, hornwrack, horny, inkhorn, longhorn, oxhorn, pronghorn, saddlehorn, saxhorn, shoehorn, shorthorn, staghorn, stinkhorn, tinhorn, yellowhorn

Notes

horn, cornu, corn, and corno are doublets

See Also

Cornu, Cairn, Carn, Horn