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
- Without nooks or crannies
Ancestry of “uncrannied”, step by step
uncrannied traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crannied
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crannied | Having crannies |
| 2 | English | cranny | A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or... |
| 3 | Middle English | crany | — |
| 4 | Middle English | cran | — |
| 5 | Old French | cran | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | cranium | skull |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρανίον | skull; head |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κάρα | head, face; the head or top of anything, as of a... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *kárahə | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |