corner
pronunciation
How to pronounce corner in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce corner in American English:
US
Word Origin
- corner
- corner: [13] The idea underlying corner is of a ‘projecting part’ or ‘point’. It came via Anglo- Norman corner from Vulgar Latin *cornārium, a derivative of Latin cornū ‘point’ (‘point’ was in fact a secondary sense, developed from an original ‘horn’ – and Latin cornū is related to English horn). Other English descendants of cornū are corn ‘hard skin’, cornea [14], cornet [14], originally a diminutive form, and cornucopia [16], literally ‘horn of plenty’.=> cornea, cornet, horn
- corner (n.)
- late 13c., from Anglo-French cornere (Old French corniere), from Old French corne "horn, corner," from Vulgar Latin *corna, from Latin cornua, plural of cornu "projecting point, end, horn," from PIE *ker- (1) "horn; head, uppermost part of the body" (see horn (n.)). Replaced Old English hyrne. As an adjective, from 1530s. To be just around the corner in the extended sense of "about to happen" is by 1905.
- corner (v.)
- late 14c., "to furnish with corners," from corner (n.). Meaning "to turn a corner," as in a race, is 1860s; meaning "drive (someone) into a corner" is American English from 1824. Commercial sense is from 1836. Related: Cornered; cornering.
Example
- 1. He sat in the corner playing with his keys .
- 2. The u.s. coastline is visible in the upper left corner .
- 3. Do you feel like your bedroom has become a street corner ?
- 4. There 's a big hospital just around the corner .
- 5. The next scene in life is on the corner .