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Where does “cranial” come from?

cranial (English) comes from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل, from Akkadian guḫlum.

cranial (English): Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull

Ancestry of “cranial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ál—
2EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
3GermanAldehydaldehyde
4Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
5Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
6Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
7Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
8Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “cranial”

  • intracranial
  • transcranial
  • extracranial
  • cranially
  • postcranial
  • intracranially
  • endocranial
  • pericranial
  • endocast
  • cleidocranial
  • epicranial
  • intercranial
  • ectocranial
  • caudocranial
  • basicranial
  • subcranial
  • neurocranial
  • hemicranial
  • extracranially
  • transcranially
  • cranialization
  • acranial
  • caudocranially
  • exocranial
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