Human civilization is based on the acorn!
"P van Rijckevorsel"
Stem "corn"?!
Not what my dictionary says!!
OE ćern, ćcren - mast, oak mast.
donald j haarmann
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Wrong dictionary.
As words go this one has got a fairly respectable age:
it is pre-Norman invasion.
Look again.
PvR
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NB "OE" = Old English
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donald j haarmann — independently dubious
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