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kernel
O.E.
cyrnel,
from P.Gmc.
*kurnilo-
(cf. M.H.G.
kornel,
M.Du.
cornel
), from the root of
corn
"seed, grain" (see
corn
) +
-el,
dim. suffix. Fig. sense of "core or central part of anything" is from 1556.
