Why do you they call it an ear of corn?

Answer 1

It originates from an Indo-European word, "ger," which translates into something like "small particle." From its roots it was developed into the Germanic "kurnam" and eventually adapted into the old English "corn." By this point it had become the term for cereal grain, and was associated with maize when it was introduced later.

Answer 2

According to the link below, "The name corn comes from its appearance under the microscope. The hard part at the center of the corn resembles a barley hare, that is, a funnel with a broad raised top and a pointed bottom. Corn used to be a generic term for grain, and the name stuck."

Answer 3

The name is not related as you would expect to the ear that we hear with. It comes from the Gothic word for 'husk of corn' which was ahs.

Answer 4

It describes the top of the stalk which holds the seeds

Answer 5

The corn vegetable. Since the stalk grows more than one piece of corn.

Answer 6

Most people just call it an "ear of maize," or "ear of corn" in the US and Canada. A botanist might call it a "female inflorescence."

Answer 7

Its the cob and husk on thw corn.. sorta like when its growing.. Its a ear of corn!

Answer 8

Today, it is called an "ear". The old farmer's name for it is a "blade" of corn.

Answer 9

The word ear, as in ear of corn, is not the same word as ear, meaning the hearing organ. It comes from the Indo-European root -ak, meaning sharp, pointy.