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Where does “transcranial” come from?

Transcranial comes from English trans combined with cranial, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- meaning to cross or pierce.

transcranial (English): Passing through the cranium

Definitions

  1. Passing through the cranium

Ancestry of “transcranial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcranialOf or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
2English-ál—
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “transcranial”

  • transcranially
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