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Where does “cranial” come from?

cranial (Catalan) comes from Catalan crani, from Medieval Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα, from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə.

cranial (Catalan): cranial

Definitions

  1. cranial

Ancestry of “cranial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancraniskull; cranium
2Medieval Latincraniumskull
3Ancient Greekκρανίονskull; head
4Ancient Greekκάραhead, face; the head or top of anything, as of a...
5Proto-Hellenic*kárahə—
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