Kernel,
(Anglo-Saxon, cyrnel, a diminutive of corn; seed in general) whence acorn (the ac or oak corn).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
(Anglo-Saxon, cyrnel, a diminutive of corn; seed in general) whence acorn (the ac or oak corn).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.