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Where does “cerebral” come from?

Cerebral derives from French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum meaning "brain," from Proto-Italic kerazrom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂-.

cerebral (English): Of, or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or...

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or...

Ancestry of “cerebral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcérébralcerebral; A cerebral person
2Latincerebrumbrain; skull
3Proto-Italickerazrombrain
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-s-ro—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-head, top; horn

Words derived from “cerebral”

  • intracerebral
  • extracerebral
  • cerebrally
  • craniocerebral
  • intracerebrally
  • protocerebral
  • noncerebral
  • electrocerebral
  • precerebral
  • intercerebral
  • tritocerebral
  • meningocerebral
  • pericerebral
  • orbitocerebral
  • hypocerebral
  • cerebralism
  • acerebral
  • cerebralist
  • cardiocerebral
  • hypercerebral
  • uncerebral
  • hemicerebral
  • cerebralize
  • neurocerebral
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