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Where does “transcranially” come from?

transcranially (English) comes from English transcranial, from English cranial, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل.

transcranially (English): In a transcranial manner or direction

Definitions

  1. In a transcranial manner or direction

Ancestry of “transcranially”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtranscranialPassing through the cranium
2EnglishcranialOf or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—
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