What does corn have to do with anything? A unihorn is much more descriptive.
2006-08-03 10:34:50 · 13 answers · asked by Forbidden Stallion 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
coz that word comes from Latin Unicornius
2006-08-03 10:41:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dinorider 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, what everybody else said about "uni" and "corn."
"Unihorn" wouldn't make sense to anyone but you. You can't just change an established name and expect everyone else to know what you're talking about. So, no, unihorn wouldn't make more sense.
2006-08-03 13:48:09 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Language transposition. Cornu means horn in latin so they dropped the u. I prefer it this way, unihorn just sounds weird.
2006-08-03 10:49:37 · answer #3 · answered by Unicorn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Latin the word for horn is cornus and the word for one is
UNI ,you could say in English ONEHORNED if you
prefer
2006-08-03 13:21:09 · answer #4 · answered by opaalvarez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever heard of a 'hornucopia?' It's called a 'cornucopia' It was parlance of the time.
2006-08-03 12:13:06 · answer #5 · answered by swarr2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the horn usually looks like a cob of corn more than the traditional horn
2006-08-03 11:12:33 · answer #6 · answered by wagner7123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word 'unicorn' comes from the Latin 'Uni', meaning one, and 'Cornu, meaning horn.
2006-08-03 13:13:54 · answer #7 · answered by . 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aye, gotta look at the language and its roots--in german, they actually do use "horn": "einhorn," or "one horn"
English is a language of appropriation, though, so we have many prefixes and suffixes that don't always make sense on the surface.
2006-08-03 10:40:11 · answer #8 · answered by satyr9one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if you think that words came from english and not from latin or greek...
2006-08-03 11:18:32 · answer #9 · answered by katja 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz hez corny!
2006-08-03 12:28:01 · answer #10 · answered by acdc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋