Where does “crâne” come from?

crâne (French) comes from Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα, from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə.

crâne (French): skull, cranium; gallant; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. skull, cranium; gallant; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “crâne”, step by step

crâne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cranium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincraniumskull
2Ancient Greekκρανίονskull; head
3Ancient Greekκάραhead, face; the head or top of anything, as of a...
4Proto-Hellenic*kárahə—

via French crâner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcrânerto show off

Words derived from “crâne”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə →Every word from Ancient Greek κάρα →Every word from Ancient Greek κρανίον →