Reconstruction:Latin/excornum

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This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

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Etymology

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Deverbal from a reflexive *sē excornāre (to make a fool of oneself, cf. Italian scornarsi, literally to tear off one's horns), from ex- +‎ cornū +‎ -āre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*excornum m (Proto-Italo-Romance)

  1. (uncountable) shame, humiliation

Descendants

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  • Corsican: scornu
  • Italian: scorno
  • Neapolitan: scuorno
  • Sicilian: scornu

Further reading

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  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “scornu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 403:[] quasi excornu []