Where does “pericratonic” come from?

pericratonic (English) comes from English cratonic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

pericratonic (English): Surrounding a craton

Definitions

  1. Surrounding a craton

Ancestry of “pericratonic”, step by step

pericratonic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cratonic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcratonicOf or pertaining to a craton
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English peri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishperiA sprite or supernatural being
2Ottoman Turkishپریfairy
3Persianپریsprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian...
4Persianپرfull; feather; wing
5Middle Persianpurr
6Proto-Iranianpr̥Hnáhfull, filled
7Proto-Indo-Iranianpr̥Hnásfull, filled
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en