Etymology of the English word cornerstone
the English word
cornerstonederived from the English word
cornerderived from the Old French word
cornierederived from the Latin word
cornu (horn; horn; hoof; beak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ker-derived from the Anglo-Norman word
cornerderived from the Old French word
cornederived from the Latin word
cornaderived from the Latin word
cornua (horns)
derived from the Latin word
cornu (horn; horn; hoof; beak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ker-derived from the Latin word
cornum (cornel berry, cherry, fruit of cornelian cherry tree; horn; hoof; beak)
derived from the English word
stonederived from the Proto-Germanic root
*stainazUsage
Word found in Modern English
