Where does “holocranial” come from?
holocranial (English) comes from English cranial, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.
holocranial (English): Encompassing the entire cranium or, often (by metonymic extension), the entire head, cerebrum, or brain
Definitions
- Encompassing the entire cranium or, often (by metonymic extension), the entire head, cerebrum, or brain
Ancestry of “holocranial”, step by step
holocranial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cranial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cranial | Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |