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Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from either:
- Proto-Italic *hōrnos, from earlier *hojōrnos, from *ho- (“this”) + *jōros (“year”) + *-nos, medial element from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year”), compare hodiē, hodiernus, first part of the formation finds parallel in German heuer, but notably with the determiner declined, cognate with Latin hōra, English year;[1]
- or perhaps, less likely, ho- + vē̆rnus (“of spring”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
hōrnus (feminine hōrna, neuter hōrnum); first/second-declension adjective
- this year's, grown this year
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hōrnos”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 289-290