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cornu
Latin · ancient
"horn"
horn
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Stage 2 of 3
corneus
Latin · ancient
"horny, horn-like"
horny, made of horn, describing the eye's tough, translucent covering
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cornea
English · 1400s
"the transparent outer layer covering the eye"
settled as the English word for the transparent outer layer of the eye
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