myEtymology.com: English etymology of inkhorn

Etymology of the English word inkhorn

the English word inkhorn

derived from the English word ink

derived from the Old French word enque

derived from the Latin word encaustum

derived from the Greek word enkauston, ἔγκαυστον

derived from the Greek word enkaiein

using the Greek prefix en-, ἐν-

derived from the English word horn

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khurnaz

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