myEtymology.com: English etymology of clavicorn

Etymology of the English word clavicorn

the English word clavicorn

derived from the New Latin word Clavicornia

derived from the Classical Latin word clava (club; club, cudgel; staff; golf-club)

derived from the Latin word cornu (horn; horn; hoof; beak)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ker-

The earliest known usage of clavicorn in English dates from the 19th century.