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Where does “κάρα” come from?

κάρα (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə.

κάρα (Ancient Greek): head, face; the head or top of anything, as of a...

Definitions

  1. head, face; the head or top of anything, as of a...

Ancestry of “κάρα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenic*kárahə—

Words derived from “κάρα”

  • migraine
  • cranium
  • hemicrania
  • migrainous
  • pericranium
  • neurocranium
  • antimigraine
  • toxocariasis
  • chondrocranium
  • basicranium
  • viscerocranium
  • epicranium
  • splanchnocranium
  • postcranium
  • endocranium
  • nonmigraine
  • craniate
  • dermatocranium
  • nonmigrainous
  • osteocranium
  • intracranium
  • migrainoid
  • craniognomy
  • hemicrania
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