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Where does “craniate” come from?

craniate (English) comes from English cranium, from Medieval Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα, from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə.

craniate (English): Any member of the clade Craniata, having bony...

Definitions

  1. Any member of the clade Craniata, having bony...

Ancestry of “craniate”, step by step

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