Reconstruction:Latin/excornum

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

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /sˈkɔrnu/

Noun

*excornum m (Proto-Italo-Romance)

1. (uncountable) shame, humiliation

Descendants

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

Further reading

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