grain, seed
→
maize
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | corn | |
| meaning 1 | (Commonwealth English, but not Canada, Australia, or New Zealand) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays | |
| reference | OED Harper's Etymonline | |
| comment | from Middle English corn, from Old English corn 'corn, a grain or seed', from Proto-West Germanic *korn 'grain, cereal' |
|
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | Korn | |
| lexeme 2 | Welschkorn | |
| meaning 1 | cereal; corn; grain | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dated or regional) maize | |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme 1 | grano | |
| lexeme 2 | granoturco | |
| meaning 1 | grain, seed | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | maize | |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | New Latin | |
| lexeme 1 | frumentum | |
| lexeme 2 | frumentum turcicum | |
| meaning 1 | grain, seed | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | maize | |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | ||