The word &#x27;corn&#x27; has Germanic roots (German still has &#x27;Korn&#x27; and Dutch &#x27;koren&#x27;; see <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.etymonline.com&#x2F;index.php?term=corn" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.etymonline.com&#x2F;index.php?term=corn</a>, which also claims the American &#x27;corn&#x27; is shorthand for &#x27;Indian corn&#x27;)<p>So yes, corn existed in Europe long before Columbus.<p>Romans would not have gone out for corn, though. They had the word &#x27;granum&#x27;, from which we derived &#x27;grain&#x27;.