kernel
Middle English
/ˈkɛrnəl/
noun
Definitions
- A seed, grain or stone of a fruit, corn, or nut; a pepper corn.
- (figurative) The core or most important part of a thing.
- (figurative) The start of an enterprise or endeavour.
- (anatomy) A organ responsible for production of substances.
- (medicine) A distended organ or growth.
- (rare) A small pebble or rock; a flake of salt.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cyrnel inherited from Proto-Germanic *kurnilaz affix from Middle English corn (grain).
Origin
Middle English
corn
Gloss
grain
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
粒
Emoji
🌾
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cokernel English
- corn English
- enkernel English
- exokernel English
- grape kernel English
- kernel English
- kernelate English
- kernelisation English
- kernelization English
- kernelize English
- kernelled English
- kernelly English
- microkernel English
- multikernel English
- nanokernel English
- subkernel English
- unikernel English
- kernel Hungarian
- *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- kernel Portuguese
- *kurnilaz Proto-Germanic
- *kurną Proto-Germanic
- カーネル Japanese
- corn Old English
- cyrnel Old English
- corn Middle English
- cornes Middle English
- corny Middle English
- kernellen Middle English
- kirnelly Middle English
- kurnele Middle English
- kyrnell Middle English
- peper corn Middle English
- corn Scots