Where does “uncrannied” come from?

uncrannied (English) comes from English crannied, from English cranny, from Middle English crany, from Middle English cran, from Old French cran, from Medieval Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα.

uncrannied (English): Without nooks or crannies

Definitions

  1. Without nooks or crannies

Ancestry of “uncrannied”, step by step

uncrannied traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English crannied

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcranniedHaving crannies
2EnglishcrannyA small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or...
3Middle Englishcrany
4Middle Englishcran
5Old Frenchcran
6Medieval Latincraniumskull
7Ancient Greekκρανίονskull; head
8Ancient Greekκάραhead, face; the head or top of anything, as of a...
9Proto-Hellenic*kárahə

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kárahəEvery word from Ancient Greek κάραEvery word from Ancient Greek κρανίον
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