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acorn

/ˈeɪkɔːn/AY-kawrn
/ˈeɪkɔɹn/AY-kawrn

Meaningfield-fruit

Common meaning: the nut of the oak

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√AG‘drive, urge, conduct’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 5, p. 730 · scan
  2. Old Englishæcern‘fruit, nut’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishacornesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsfruit, nut → the nut of the oakacorn‘the nut of the oak’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English æcern ‘fruit (of the open land)’.

Roots

  • æcern Old English “fruit (of the open land)”

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