Where does “emicrania” come from?
emicrania (Italian) comes from Latin hēmicrānia, from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα, from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə.
emicrania (Italian): migraine, hemicrania, megrim
Definitions
- migraine, hemicrania, megrim
Ancestry of “emicrania”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | hēmicrānia | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κρανίον | skull; head |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κάρα | head, face; the head or top of anything, as of a... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *kárahə | — |