Horned
/hɔːrnd/noun
Having horns; in historical and literary use, often associated with animals, demons, or the crescent moon.
Did you know?The word itself is innocent, but horned imagery became loaded in European folklore because horns were long associated with wild beasts, fertility gods, and later the devil.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱer-
“Horn; head; point”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hurnaz
“Horn”
Old English
English
horn
“Horn; a projecting point or growth”
Old English
English
horned
“Having horns”
Modern English
English
horned
“Having one or more horns”