Where does “cranium” come from?
Cranium comes from Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂-.
cranium (English): The braincase or neurocranium; that part of the...
Definitions
- The braincase or neurocranium; that part of the...
Ancestry of “cranium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | cranium | skull |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κρανίον | skull; head |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κάρα | head, face; the head or top of anything, as of a... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *kárahə | — |
Words derived from “cranium”